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Firefighters arrested after drunken bar fight at Citi Field

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Three FDNY firefighters were arrested after beating up a man during a boozy bar fight at a Citi Field pub Friday night, authorities said.

The brawl broke out inside McFadden’s Restaurant and Saloon on 126th Street near 37th Avenue in Flushing at around 8:30 p.m. – hours after the New York Mets crushed the Phillies 7-2 at their home opener.

Off-duty firefighters Michael Profeta, 34, John Martin, 33, and Anthony Cardazone, 33, were cuffed after repeatedly slugging a 31-year-old man inside the pub, police said.

At the bar, the victim got into an argument with Cardazone, and then Martin and Profeta grabbed the man from behind, police said.