A fire in a Washington Heights apartment building left one person critically injured Sunday night, FDNY officials said.
The blaze broke out just before 5:30 p.m., on the fourth floor of a building in the Rangel Houses along the Harlem River Drive.
Medics took one person to Harlem Hospital’s trauma center in critical condition, an FDNY spokesman said.
In addition, a firefighter went to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital with minor injuries, the spokesman said.
Firefighters brought the blaze under control just before 6 p.m. Its cause is under investigation.
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