A fire broke out at an NYPD auto pound in Brooklyn on Wednesday, two years after a fire destroyed 22 vehicles. destroyed decades of evidence at the facility, officials and sources said.
According to the FDNY, a fire broke out at the Erie Basin Auto Pound in Red Hook at 12:47 p.m., sending a plume of smoke overhead.
Law enforcement sources told The Post that 22 cars were damaged by the flames.
The FDNY said more than 100 smoke detectors responded to the two-alarm fire.
There were no reports of injuries and the fire was brought under control after about two hours.
The horrific incident comes years after a massive three-alarm fire destroyed cold case evidence stored inside the warehouse on December 13, 2022.
Police House A different types of evidence The 1980s-era facility includes motorcycles and cars and “historic vehicles” associated with past cases.
Sources told The Post that no evidence was destroyed during Wednesday’s fire.
Officials said the cause of the fire is being investigated.
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