A three-alarm fire tore through a three-story building in Borough Park early Monday morning, displacing more than a dozen residents and heavily damaging a shoe store and apartments above it, officials said. Firefighters responded to 3901 13th Ave. around 2 a.m., according to the FDNY, and encountered heavy smoke billowing from the mixed-occupancy building. Residents reported smelling gas and hearing an explosion moments before the fire broke out. Engine Company 282 and Ladder Company 148 forced their way into smoke-filled units and found the fire burning in the rear of Savon Shoes on the first floor. Click here to read more on brooklynpaper.com.
