An inferno in a Park Slope building gutted a supermarket and has left scores of people homeless.
The massive three-alarm blaze broke out inside a building on Fifth Avenue near 17th Street about 12:15 a.m. today and quickly spread throughout the three story structure, tearing through the Associated Supermarket, in the ground floor and gutting 10 residential apartments above, said officials.
The blaze also spread to a neighboring hair salon, decimating that business, said fire officials.
It took 150 firefighters to wrestle the blaze, which was still burning at 4:30 p.m, officials said.
Eight firefighters suffered minor injuries. Their was no report of civilian injuries. The cause of the blaze is being investigated by the FDNY Fire Marshall’s.