

Firefighters are battling a five-alarm fire in a building in Morningside Heights this morning. According to the FDNY, the fire broke out in the basement of a CitiBank on Broadway near West 111th Street around 5:20 a.m. They added that over 120 firefighters have been called to the scene. "It's a very stubborn fire in a secure building," an FDNY spokesman told us.

So far, four civilians have been treated for smoke inhalation, and three firefighters have been taken to St. Luke's Hospital with various minor injuries. Firefighters are still battling the blaze as of 11:15 a.m. So far, it's unclear what sparked the fire.

5-alarm fire at citibank, bway/111th st, broke out 5:30 am, 200 firefighters on scene. so far no injuries reported. pic.twitter.com/n7PDG260hv — Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) January 11, 2014

Photo of @citibank branch in NY on fire; smell of money burning pic.twitter.com/yRjWLRCMhu — Sherif Mansour (@sherifmnsour) January 11, 2014

An employee of the Citibank at 111 and Broadway says manager emailed this morning to say their branch was on fire pic.twitter.com/mQaUxe0VdS — Lisa Malykhina (@lmalykhina) January 11, 2014

Now: View from the east side of Broadway at W 111 St, Manhattan, 5-alarm fire. #FDNY pic.twitter.com/gQoxFcrOer — FDNY (@FDNY) January 11, 2014