Crews battle multi-alarm church fire in Brooklyn

More than 100 firefighters and emergency personnel are battling a multi-alarm fire that broke out in a Brooklyn church Wednesday morning.

The fire broke out in the pentecostal church Arca Cristiana located at Halsey Street, between Central and Wilson avenues, around 10:43 a.m., in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, according to the FDNY.

Everyone has been evacuated from the church. There are no reported injuries, the fire department said, adding that 25 units totaling 106 fire and EMS personnel are on scene.

Citizen App video taken from a couple of blocks away from the scene shows a dark plume of smoke billowing into the air as emergency vehicles are in view.

NYCEM is warning the public in the area of smoke and traffic delays. They are asking residents to close their windows due to the smoke.

This is a developing story.


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