(DNAINFO) Trevor Kapp and Aidan Gardiner  | October 20, 2015 — Nearly 200 firefighters battled the West 17th Street blaze.

A massive fire engulfed a Chelsea apartment building sending flames spewing from the windows onto West 17th Street Tuesday morning, officials said.

The blaze erupted on the fourth floor of 221 W. 17th St., near Seventh Avenue, which was unoccupied about 3 a.m., an FDNY spokesman said.

Source: Massive Fire Destroys Chelsea Apartment Building, FDNY Says – Chelsea – DNAinfo.com New York