Fire marshals will determine whether the blaze was caused by lightning
Check out this raw video of flames leaping from the roof of a Brooklyn building where firefighters battled a huge blaze Thursday.
Two dozen firefighters have been hurt -- one critically -- in a massive six-alarm fire in the Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn that fire officials believe was sparked by lightning, authorities said.
One civilian was treated on the scene, fire officials said.
More than 200 firefighters battled the blaze at the seven-story apartment building Thursday afternoon. The fire was reported under control by 1:45 p.m., about three and a half hours after it started, the FDNY tweeted from the scene.
The entire seventh floor of the building was gutted and hundreds of tenants have been displaced, officials said. Fire marshals have yet to determine for certain whether lightning was the cause, according to FDNY spokesman Frank Dwyer.
A planned news conference was postponed after Charles Wells, of the Red Cross, fainted. He was conscious and breathing a short time later.
FDNY tweeted photos from the scene that show flames leaping from the roof of the building as thick black smoke billows into the sky. The complexes houses 115 residential units.
Representatives from the Red Cross are on scene to displaced families.
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