Chinatown Fire In New York: Grand Street Building Burns In 7-Alarm Fire (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

NEW YORK (Associated Press)-- Officials say 13 people, including 10 firefighters, have been injured in a seven-alarm fire on Manhattan's Lower East Side that burned for more than four hours before being declared under control.

Fire Chief Edward Kilduff said two elderly residents were hospitalized in critical condition with smoke inhalation and a third was being evaluated. He said 10 firefighters were hurt, including one whose hands were burned. Nine others suffered minor injuries.

Officials say the fire started on the first floor of the mixed residential and commercial building and spread through a shaft to the roof before affecting two others buildings. More than 250 firefighters battled the blaze that was declared under control at 2:20 a.m. Monday.

Officials say the Red Cross is helping the 50 to 60 families that were displaced.

For footage from the scene, see below:

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bpd75 said on 12 Monday 2010 am30 2:46 am: Here's a clip I took: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUQcG5mA-ec

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[realpolitic]

05:13 AM on 04/12/2010

It is hard to fight a place so crowded with conditions so prone to fire as the New York City China town. I am glad no one was hurt.

[ZTB]

10:24 AM on 04/12/2010

NEW YORK (Associate­d Press)-- Officials say 13 people, including 10 firefighte­rs, have been injured...

First line of the story.

[realpolitic]

11:38 AM on 04/12/2010

My bad! Glad no one was killed, anyway!

[ipastor02]

05:02 AM on 04/12/2010

I hope pops recovers well and that the firefighte­rs do too. Those old buildings are great and worthy of restoratio­n.

[512jellybeans]

02:56 AM on 04/12/2010

thank god for the FDNY - NYC's Bravest!!!

chinatown is so tight and packed with so many people and, as in the rest of most of NYC, chock full of illegal apartments­, while early reports mention some injuries, it seems everyone got out safely.

[bpd75]

02:46 AM on 04/12/2010

Here's a clip I took: http://www­.youtube.c­om/watch?v­=IUQcG5mA-­ec

[HensonFan]

06:45 AM on 04/12/2010

Nice job on the video. Those plumes are huge, makes the fireman's little stream of water looks futile.

[JerseyDave]

01:57 PM on 04/12/2010

Oh my God, that's horrendous­. I'm glad that even more buildings didn't get burned from all those embers flying up in the air. Praying for those people.

[pantherace]

02:32 AM on 04/12/2010

At least it sounds like everyone got out safely.

[entreMundo]

10:04 AM on 04/12/2010

Errrr... read articles, much?

[pantherace]

12:05 PM on 04/12/2010

Yep, and when I first read the article it said "all residents have been evacuated"­.

[rorschach1973]

01:32 AM on 04/12/2010

When I lived in NYC for a short time, it seemed that the most dire and frequent stories on the news were fires. What a terrible thing to happen to such an interestin­g and historic neighborho­od. I hope everyone was evacuated safely.

[DaizeRK14]

01:17 AM on 04/12/2010

Wow sounds terrible..­.may have to call the sis...

[katykay]

06:54 AM on 04/12/2010

All those imitation Louis Vuitton and Coach purses gone...wha­t a shame

[BxRonin16]

09:20 AM on 04/12/2010

Unfunny

[ZTB]

10:25 AM on 04/12/2010

i seriously don't understand the whole "let's (try to) make a joke" in regard to tragedy.

luckily, it wasn't your house....t­hen you wouldn't be (trying to) make jokes.