Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs Firefighters were working to contain a large blaze that broke out at an apartment building in the Bronx early Friday, injuring at least seven people and displacing many others, the Fire Department said.Nearly 200 firefighters and emergency medical responders rushed to the six-story residential building on Wallace Avenue after a fire was reported just before 2 a.m., the Fire Department said. The blaze on the top floor was elevated to a five-alarm fire about an hour later, it said. As of 9 a.m., dozens of firefighters were still at the scene working to get the fire under control.Seven people were injured, including five firefighters, the department said in an email. One person was treated at the scene but declined to be taken to a hospital.A spokeswoman for the Police Department said earlier that some people had suffered smoke inhalation injuries.Firefighters blasted water at the smoke and flames pouring out of the building’s upper floors and roof, according to videos posted online by the Fire Department and TV news outlets. Heavy winds had fueled the blaze, the department said; the flames appeared in videos to have spread to several neighboring buildings.The cause of the fire was still being investigated, the Police Department spokeswoman said.The Red Cross was at the scene helping residents that were displaced by the fire, said Aries Dela Cruz, a spokesman for the city’s emergency management department. A temporary shelter had been set up at the Bennington School on Adee Avenue. A Red Cross official estimated that about 50 people were inside.Juan Cabrera and his family were among those seeking help at the Bennington School. Mr. Cabrera said that he and his family had not heard a fire alarm but had instead heard glass breaking as residents climbed out of windows. He said he had also heard people race across the hall one flight above him while others screamed “Get out!”Mr. Cabrera, 47, said he had smelled smoke and woke up his daughter, Rose, 13. He and his wife, Aurora Tavera, grabbed their IDs, passports and cellphones, and the family left the building.“I felt desperate,” Ms. Taverna, 32, said.“Thank God we are still alive,” said Mr. Cabrera, who works as a school aide and custodian and has lived in the building for five years. “The material stuff you can get back, but we have our family,” he said.This is a developing story and will be updated.Bernard Mokam contributed reporting.
