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Two-Alarm Fire at Hunts Point Market
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Jen Chung
Published Feb 11, 2008
Modified Mar 7, 2008
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Published Feb 11, 2008
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This evening, there was a two-alarm fire at the Hunts Point Market in the Bronx. Hunts Point Cooperative Market, the "Largest Food Distribution Center in the World," is where many meat and meat products are processed and distributed in the tri-state area.
Over 100 firefighters were on the scene to fight the fire and the main fire has been extinguished. No injuries have been reported yet and the Fire Department does not know the cause of fire.
The market, at 355 Food Center Drive, is next to the Terminal Produce Market and the new Fulton Fish Market. Overall, authorities have kept an eye on possible organized crime influence from the market (in 2006, they busted a sports betting ring there).
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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