More than 200 firefighters battled a six-alarm fire that engulfed buildings on DeKalb Avenue in Brooklyn last night. Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said, "Many people homeless, unfortunately, right now."

The fire was reported at 9:51 p.m. at 1427 DeKalb Avenue near Wilson Avenue in Bushwick, and it quickly spread to neighboring buildings. Here's a drone video of the fire:

Eleven people were injured; one seriously and the others described as minor. It took firefighters over three hours to control the fire.

NBC New York spoke to a resident of the ravaged buildings, who managed to save her birds, "I ran in and all the smoke just came into us. I burst out crying because I lost everything in my house... I feel like my life went downhill. Coming home from work. Going upstairs. Being sick and trying to relax. I come back to having no house, no home, no nothing."

FDNY Chief Michael Golini told WCBS 2, "There is a lot of debris back there, some of that rear wall has fallen. So we have a pile of debris that we’re just worried about stirring up and starting another fire... The winds had died down considerably from the previous day, but they still make it challenge for us in these conditions."

Commissioner Nigro added, "I hate to say it's a typical fire for this area, but certainly over the years there's been many fires like this, and unfortunately they do spread quickly and cause quite a bit of homelessness."