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We heard the fire trucks honk, squawk and blare, but we didn't realize what was going on until Alan of Thousand Robots sent us a dramatic photograph of a fire from what looks like Sixth Avenue and Spring/Charlton/King/Prince vicinity. And now we hear helicopters! Does anyone know what's going on?
[UPDATE]: Jake went up to the scene and reports that the fire was at 24 and 26 King Street; the fire is mostly put out and seems to be at the back of the building, plus there are two ladder companies on the scene. Also, Sixth Avenue is totally backed up.
[UPDATE2]: Fire is out-- it was in the third or forth story at the back of the building, and all the windows of that apartment are blown out and black with soot. Most of the other windows on the back of the buildings are also blown out. Here's another link to what the smoke looked like an hour ago: Minaka on Flickr. More pix of the building:
[UPDATE]: Now it's turns out that comedian Demetri Martin lives at that apartment building! Demetri, if you need a place to crash, Gothamist knows a few people who would be more than happy if you played houseguest.
And in Turtle Bay, workers on a renovation project in a townhome were injured when the first floor collapsed into the basement.
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3 alarm fire, staging area at 7th Avenue and Houston.
Air Recon helicopter up, directing units to response areas.
Command post set in front of building.
3:16pm progress report.. 25x75 5 story brick structure. Fire floor 3rd and 4th with extension to the top floor.
Primary searches for victims are complete and negative.
Secondary searches underway as fire darkens down.
Who cares? What makes this fire different from any other run-of-the-mill fire? Are we going to look back on this even a couple of days from now and give a shit?
What criteria does an event need to meet to get an entry on Gothamist?
That's a lot of smoke...
i agree-- smoke was streaming over all of downtown for about an hour-- and there was a lot of noise. definitely worth a post.
do you give the post a complaint when they cover things? if you don't like it, move on, there is more content here to make you happy.
view of the roof on fire: flickr.com/photos/steventom/84487876/
the roof, the roof, the roof is on fire...
How does this affect Moby?
CNN is sending in all their correspondants. The cops are setting up a dragnet all over the city. F-16s have been ordered to take off. Helicopters are patrolling the White House. SWAT teams are streaming down the avenues. It's a jihad!
Oh wait, none of this happened.
Dude, i live on CPW now.
I walk by that building a lot and am pretty sure they recently finished installing a new roof. Too bad.
I walk by that building a lot and am pretty sure they recently finished installing a new roof. Too bad.
Is it a coop or a condo? I bet you could get a good deal on that place.