A fire broke out at an NYPD auto repair shop in Brooklyn on Wednesday, damaging 22 vehicles, two years after the fire destroyed decades of evidence at the facility, officials and sources said. revealed.
The fire broke out at 12:47 p.m. at the Erie Basin Auto Pound in Red Hook, sending heavy smoke overhead, according to the FDNY.
The blaze damaged 22 cars, law enforcement officials told The Post.
More than 100 smoke eaters responded to the two-alarm fire, according to the FDNY.
There were no reports of injuries, and the fire was extinguished after about two hours.
This inferno occurred years after cold case evidence stored in a warehouse was destroyed in a massive three-alarm fire on December 13, 2022.
Police keep a variety of evidence at the facility dating back to the 1980s, including motorcycles, cars, and “historic vehicles” related to past incidents.
Officials told the Post that no evidence was destroyed in Wednesday's fire.
Officials said the cause of the fire was under investigation.
