BREAKING: Woman Severely Injured In McDonald Avenue Blaze

A woman was seriously injured this afternoon in a fire at a building on McDonald Avenue in Gravesend, writes DNAinfo.

The blaze began just before 1 p.m. on the second floor of 2500 McDonald Avenue, near Avenue X.

Fire sources said that a search and rescue team was delayed by the building’s severe clutter, known by firefighters as a “Collyer’s Mansion.”

It’s not currently known where the woman was hospitalized.