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Brooklyn, NY +Large Building Evacuated+ Brooklyn, NY +Large Building Evacuated+ FDNY on the scene evacuating an estimated 150 people of a large multiple use 11 story warehouse building that has been converted into lofts at 475 Kent and Division Avenues, after finding an illegal Matzo Bakery in the basement.

Fire Department, Department of Health, NYPD, OEM, some from the Mayor's Community Affairs Unit and the Red Cross are all on the scene for the building that has been evacuated, Haz-Mat also requested due to piles of coal, wood, empty cardboard boxes and large containers of grain used for baking the matzo of which the Fire Chief said, that grain becomes "highly explosive" when processed. EMS has also been requested for one firefighter that has been injured.

U/D: The next door 4 story building, which had been converted into a Hasidic girls school and catering hall, has also been shut down.

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Illegal Matzo Factory In Williamsburg forces Evacuation January 21, 2008 matzah.jpgAbout 150 residents of a pricey Brooklyn apartment building were forced to evacuate yesterday when authorities found something not kosher - an unsafe, illegal matzo factory, fire officials said. Two grain silos used for baking matzo were discovered in the basement of the posh building on Kent Avenue in Williamsburg, said FDNY Deputy Chief Joe Woznica. He said grain becomes ''highly explosive'' when processed. ''Residents were living with two large bombs in the basement,'' he said. The formerly commercial building had been converted illegally to rental loft residences, and was cited for several code violations, authorities said. Residents were forced to stay somewhere else or go to a temporary shelter set up at a nearby school. It wasn't immediately clear when they'd be allowed back in. Community activist Isaac Abraham said the owner was working to rectify the situation. The owner ''was caught totally off guard with certain violations,'' Abraham said. (Source: NY Post)