A fire burned through multiple buildings and left several homes and businesses damaged in Brownsville on Wednesday morning. The fire broke out in a deli on Newport Street between Saratoga Avenue and E. 98th Street just before 10:30am, according to the FDNY. Smoke and flames quickly spread to the buildings beside the deli and threatened the apartments above it. Some sixty firefighters were called in to battle the blaze, and were able to bring the fire under control by 11:17am. Click here to read more on brooklynpaper.com.
