Tremendous Fire on Spring Street

A massive fire at 41 Spring Street has broken out. The residential building, built in 1900, has 10 units on 5 floors.

The building, between Mott and Mulberry Streets, has caught fire at about 6:40pm.

Almost 200 firefighters were at the scene trying to put out the blaze. 

A spokesman said, that one person died at the scene. Two people were injured and were taken to the New York Downtown Hospital.

As of now the fire has still not been put out, according to the FDNY. The area around the fire is closed on a large scale.