A huge fire tore through a waterfront warehouse in Brooklyn on Tuesday morning that the NYPD uses as an auto pound and storage for DNA evidence from crime scenes. FOX13
A fire burned at an NYPD warehouse in Red Hook, Brooklyn. The Erie Basin Auto Pound warehouse stores cars, e-bikes and motor scooters as well as DNA evidence from crime scenes. The fire was expected to last for several days, the FDNY said.just after 10:30 a.m. The fire was still burning Tuesday night and might take days to bring under control, FDNY Chief of Department John Hodgens said.The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives sent a team to help in the investigation.
The facility had been running on generators since losing power during Superstorm Sandy more than a decade ago, a source said. Contractors have been converting the facility back to on-site electric power but nothing points to that being a cause of the fire. All the news you need to know, every day
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