Striking images of firefighters battling massive blaze in wintry Brooklyn

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Neha Prakash
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UPDATED 12:26 p.m. ET: WABC-TV reported early Saturday afternoon that the blaze is now a six-alarm fire.

BREAKING: Williamsburg storage facility fire has just reached SIX alarms. #WilliamsburgFire #ABC7NY— Rob Nelson (@RobNelsonABC7) January 31, 2015

A five-alarm fire at a storage facility in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, sent smoke billowing across the East River on Saturday morning.

The fire broke out at 6:30 a.m., local time, at a four-story building on North 11th Street near Kent Avenue, WABC-TV reported. At the time of this writing, more than 150 firefighters were trying to control the flames, which could be seen from parts of Manhattan. No injuries have been reported yet.

New Yorkers captured the scene, as well as the firefighters working in frigid temperatures and windy conditions.

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