Nine People Injured in Six-Alarm Brooklyn Fire Sunday Night

Brooklyn: *6th Alarm fire* Box 1784 at 268 Arlington Ave heavy fire in a private dwelling. pic.twitter.com/kuzAbAm2VJ

— NYC Scanner (@NYScanner) April 25, 2016

ABC News is reporting that nine people, including seven firefighters were injured in a six-alarm fire in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, Sunday night.

The fire broke out in a three-story residential home on 270 Arlington Avenue, according to ABC. It then spread to five houses and a nearby church.

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Mother Not There As Brooklyn Blaze Kills 2-Year-Old; Another Slashing; and More Brooklyn Briefs

So @GreenWoodHF won't be landmarked, but 3 buildings on the property will be considered https://t.co/CBD8QWCLkp pic.twitter.com/qB61vjFs39

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- Brooklyn blaze leaves 2-year-old girl dead, mother not there when fire broke out. [Daily News]

- A person was slashed across the face in Brooklyn Tuesday night, on Autumn Avenue in Cypress Hills. [NBC]

 - After 10 years in prison, Vanessa Gathers, 58, first woman exonerated by conviction review unit. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- The 13 best coffee shops for working in Brooklyn. [Brooklyn Magazine]

- A new radio station is now streaming live from a Brooklyn shipping container. [Time Out]

- Brooklyn Brewery is looking for 60,000 square feet to relocate its brewing operation. The Brooklyn Navy Yard and Industry City are in the running. [TRD]

- Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings will kick off the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival with a free show at Prospect Park Bandshell on June 8. [Brooklyn Vegan]


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Fire In Cypress Hills; Navy Yard Tour; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Firefighters were continuing to fight a four-alarm blaze in a vacant factory building in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn on Monday night. NBC

- Air Force Staff Sgt. Luis Walker from Brooklyn was sentenced to 20 years in prison Saturday for crimes that included rape and sexual assault. Brooklyn Eagle

- Free yoga classes at Dekalb Market. Brokelyn

- Brooklyn filmmaker has novel idea for what should be done with Joe Paterno statue. NY Daily News

- Tenants at one of Downtown’s last rent-stabilized buildings say they’re getting kicked out of Brooklyn. Brooklyn Paper

- The Brooklyn Navy Yard kicks off a new tour this Friday, July 27th. Brownstoner

- A 38-year-old software engineer says says a popular baldness treatment turned him female -- and hundreds of other guys have filed a lawsuit in Brooklyn. Gawker

- Heavily armed potential Aurora shooting copycat arrested in Maine. NY Magazine

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