VIDEO: Firefighters battled flames and extreme heat trying to douse a fire at an apartment building in Manhattan early Monday. A 3-alarm fire ripped through the top floor of the building in Marble Hill, leaving residents homeless and firefighters overcome by the heat. The fire started inside an apartment at 18 Jacobus Place around 12:15 a.m. Police say flames spread through the cockloft and roof of the six-story apartment building. Residents of the top floor were left homeless. Three firefighters were taken to the hospital for heat exposure and one resident was treated at the scene. 138 firefighters responded to battle the blaze and were being rotated to limit exposure to the heat. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
