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by Eyewitness News' Ken Rosato
(Park Slope-WABC, April 13, 2005) — Nine firefighters are recovering at area hospitals after battling a blaze at an auto parts shop in Brooklyn.
Eyewitness News reporter Ken Rosato is live in Park Slope with more.
More than 100 firefighters battled the blaze at the GB 500 Auto Body parts store at 274 Fourth Avenue.
When firefighters arrived, they met up with heavy flames, and thick smoke. but their ordeal had only just begun.
Joseph Callen, FDNY Assistant Chief: "Midway into our operation, we had a partial collapse of some heavy duty shelving, with some very heavy auto parts on the shelving in boxes."
Three firefighters became pinned under those boxes. That's when they sent out a "mayday" call.
Other firefighters searched for ten minutes before finding their injured co-workers.
Authorities are now investigating whether the owners violated building codes by putting up the shelving that held the heavy equipment.
There is no word yet on what caused the fire but the fire authorities are investigating.
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