Kemberly Richardson has the latest details.
Eyewitness News
Updated 1 hr 25 mins ago
WAKEFIELD, Bronx (WABC) -- Firefighters battled a 5-alarm fire that spread to several buildings in the Bronx Tuesday.
The fire broke out at about 12:30 p.m. in a two-story occupied private dwelling on East 235th Street off Carpenter Avenue in the Wakefield section.
The FDNY said the fire spread to four other structures.
39 units with 168 fire and EMS personnel responded.
Three firefighters were injured. One suffered minor burns, while the other two injuries were heat-related. No residents in the buildings were hurt.
"When I came out I saw the black smoke coming down the stairs," said Sharon White, who lives in a first-floor apartment. "We ran out, they were trying to get the grandmother out, she's sick. And they were trying to get her out, and they fell down the stairs."
Fire marshals are investigating the cause of the blaze.
Investigators say it appears to have started in the back of the building in a porch area.
NewsCopter 7 was over the scene of the fire:
East 235th Street is closed from White Plains Road to Carpenter Avenue.