Firefighters from a Harlem firehouse were responding to a call when a blaze was reported at a familiar address: their own firehouse.

The two-alarm fire erupted around 7:30 p.m. Friday and sent flames shooting out windows at the Engine 80/Ladder 23 firehouse on West 139th Street. More than 100 firefighters worked for about two hours to get control of the blaze on the building's second floor.

The fire was extinguished by 25 units, including some firefighters from Engine 80, the spokesman said.

The blaze was being investigated last night, but an FDNY spokesman said it did not appear to be suspicious.

Three firefighters were being treated for minor injuries at New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia and two others were rushed to St. Luke's Hospital, the spokesman said.

 

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