Massive 5 alarm fire rips through row of stores in the Bronx

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April 24, 2018 12:56 PM

The area around the blaze on 316 E 194th street has been largely blocked off as 44 units and 198 firefighters respond, though that number is subject to change.

A five-alarm fire broke out in Fordham in the Bronx at around 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning, and firefighters are battling back the blaze, the New York City Fire Department confirmed to Business Insider.

The call alerting the department to the blaze came in at 5:28 a.m. and thirty minutes later had been elevated to a three alarm fire. At 7:39 a.m. the FDNY elevated it to a five-alarm fire.

US fire departments use a numbered alarm system to refer to the severity and difficulty in containing a fire. Here a five alarm fire indicates a large response team and possibly multiple firehouses.

"As of right now, no injuries, no transports, and we're still on team and operating," an FDNY spokesperson told Business Insider.

The area around the blaze on

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