by PERRY CHIARAMONTE
A Brooklyn store was set on fire by three robbers yesterday during a botched heist, authorities said.
The trio stormed into the Dominica Santeria store at 142 Fifth Ave. in Prospect Heights at about 5 p.m. and demanded that the clerk hand over money, police said.
The clerk refused to give the robbers the cash, and in frustration, one set the store on fire.
The men then fled on foot, police said, and no one was seriously hurt.
Four firefighters were taken to Methodist Hospital following the two-alarm blaze. They were treated for minor injuries, officials said.
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