One person injured by fire in long-vacant Ocean Hill home * Brooklyn Paper

"Firefighters responded to reports of fire in a boarded-up at 672 Decatur St. just before 11 p.m. on Feb. 15, according to the FDNY. Crews from Engine Company 233 and Ladder Company 176 were met with heavy smoke and flames and quickly triggered a second alarm as the fire began to spread to the cockloft area between the building's top floor and roof and threatened the attached home next door."

"More than 100 firefighters worked to battle the blaze, and were forced to run a hose line over the roof of a car parked in front of a nearby hydrant. The blaze was brought under control just over an hour later, at 12:30 a.m. One civilian suffered moderate injuries, per the FDNY, and was taken by ambulance to Interfaith Medical Center."

"672 Van Siclen Ave. has been under a full vacate order since a fire in 2013, city records show. Department of Buildings inspectors noted at that time that the building had been illegally converted into a transitional housing structure with 28 beds. In 2019, the city slapped the building owner - a Puerto-Rico based company - with a $24,000 fine after discovering that the home was occupied by at least six people, in violation of the years-old vacate order."

A two-alarm fire broke out just before 11 p.m. on Feb. 15 at a boarded-up home in Ocean Hill. Crews encountered heavy smoke and flames and triggered a second alarm as flames spread into the cockloft and threatened the attached house. More than 100 firefighters battled the blaze and ran a hose line over the roof of a parked car to reach a nearby hydrant. The fire was brought under control at 12:30 a.m. One civilian suffered moderate injuries and was transported to Interfaith Medical Center. The building had a full vacate order since a 2013 fire after an illegal conversion into 28-bed transitional housing, and the owner was fined in 2019 after occupants were found. FDNY requested structural inspections of the affected and neighboring buildings amid multiple recent residential fires in Brooklyn.

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