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Knish krisis as fire disables factory

Knish lovers are still crying weeks after a fire at the Gabila factory on Long Island interrupted production of the delectable fried potato pockets citywide.

Gabila issued a statement in September stating that “due to a small contained fire in our factory, we are unable to produce any square knishes until approximately the end of November.”

The company has supplied well over 1 billion of the carb-delivery systems. That means area delis are still reeling and knish connoisseurs have been left hungry. A desperate power-publicist moaned to us last week: “One of the kids from my office just went to Eisenberg’s Sandwich Shop around here, and he said that every deli in the city is knish-less!”

Gabila produces the classic “Original Coney Island Square Knish,” while spots like ­Yonah Schimmel’s Knish Bakery on the Lower East Side are known for their round, baked versions. During the knish krisis, delis including Katz’s are still stocking the baked, round kind — but fried-knish addicts are losing it at the same time the FDA focuses on trans fats.