NEW YORK (AP) - Fire officials say two fire fighters were injured putting out a fire on the eighth floor of the Manhattan Municipal Building.
A spokesman for the New York Fire Department says units responded to a report of a fire in the 100-year-old building just before 5 p.m. Friday. He says the building has been evacuated and the fire was put under control at about 6:15 p.m.
He says 26 units and 84 fire fighters put out the blaze.
According to the Citywide Administrative Services, about 2,000 people work in the 25-floor building, which houses a dozen city agencies.
The limestone, landmarked building sits at the Manhattan base of the Brooklyn Bridge and is distinctive for its Roman and Italian Renaissance architecture.
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