Officials: 31 hurt in Brooklyn fire; 4 critical

NEW YORK — Fire officials say a blaze in a Brooklyn apartment building has injured 31 people, four of them critically.

The New York City Fire department press office says firefighters got the call at 5:12 a.m. Sunday about a blaze in a four-story building at 510 61st Street in Brooklyn.

Chris Korzekwinski at the press office says four of the injured are in critical condition with life threatening injuries and four others are in serious condition. The rest had minor injuries.

He says the fire was brought under control 7:27 a.m.

The cause of the blaze is under investigation.