A raging inferno engulfed several businesses in the Bronx early Tuesday, sending a black plume of smoke into the air as ferocious flames licked the gear of hundreds of firefighters working to put them out.
The FDNY says the four-alarm fire broke out around 5:30 a.m. at 316 E. 194th Street, near Marion Avenue, in Fordham. About 250 firefighters and EMTs responded, authorities said. At least one of the multiple stores that caught fire was totally destroyed by the blaze, which still was not under control three hours after it broke out. The FDNY told News 4 at the scene that nobody was inside any of the burning stores.