It took four hours and nearly 200 firefighters to knock out a massive blaze that destroyed seven businesses in Fordham.

Fire officials say the blaze broke out at 5:28 a.m., on April 24, inside JaveMTS Income Tax, at 316 E. 194th St., between Marion and Bainbridge avenues.

The blaze then spread to stores on either side of the income tax business, gutting the blaze was the Spin City Laundromat, 3 Sisters Pizza, Marion

Pharmacy, the Unisex Barbershop, the Hnos Perez Beauty Salon, and the Fu Wang Chinese Restaurant. Plumes of smoke spread across the neighborhood, permeating into neighboring Kingsbridge Heights. A short time later the roof of the Marion Pharmacy and Laundromat collapsed.

In the final hour of the blaze, firefighters had evacuated the supermarket and were attempting to defend the structure from the roaring flames.

The fire was eventually brought under control at 9:22 a.m.

One witness, who declined to use her name for this article, recalled, “We woke up around 5:30 a.m. We live right there, so we saw everything.” The witness showed a video on her cellphone, adding she thought the fire started in the pizza shop.

The property was built in 1958 and is owned by Marion Avenue Management, a limited liability corporation.

Fire officials reported using 198 firefighters from 44 different units from across the borough.

There were no reported injuries.