Bitterly cold temperatures hindered firefighters’ efforts to douse a Brooklyn house fire early Wednesday, with frozen hydrants complicating the response as personnel encountered heavy flames, officials said.

Lincoln Fire and Rescue were called to a home near 67th and Ballard Avenue, just before 5 a.m. LFR says a neighbor called 9-1-1 saying they could see flames coming from the home. Firefighters arrived and began working to extinguish those flames quickly.