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A three-alarm fire ripped through a Bronx apartment building early Thursday morning.
Fire officials say the fire broke out just after 4 a.m. on East 138th Street in Mott Haven.
Officials say the flames started in a kitchen on the third floor and the fire spread to the fourth, fifth and sixth floors.
It took more than 100 firefighters two hours to bring the flames under control.
"It was a very tough fire," said FDNY Deputy Chief Raymond Stanton. "The building has undergone renovation and there were false ceilings and many boards that had to be open to expose the fire."
"I heard shattering glass and I said something has to be on fire with that glass breaking," said a building resident. "But the fire department was excellent. The police, they evacuated the building really quickly."
Some firefighters sustained minor burns, but no one else was injured.
At least 18 apartments were damaged.
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