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.

The FDNY says the agency had difficulty fighting the fire as hydrants were frozen and the water used to tackle the flames quickly turned to ice and coated everything. "I believe there were two frozen hydrants on this block so the water they brought in had to come from the next intersection.

Firefighters rescued a man Wednesday morning while battling arctic temperatures, frozen hydrants and low water pressure during a three-alarm fire in Flatbush. Units from Engine Company 255 and Tower Ladder 15 arrived at 1005 East 38th St.