Monday, December 16, 2013

[Updated] Fire on East 11th Street



We've heard reports in the last 20 minutes of a fire on East 11th Street between Second Avenue and Third Avenue... one reader said that the FDNY told neighbors that the blaze was contained, but they needed to be prepared to leave just in case...

We'll post updates when they become available...

Updated 10:12

The official FDNY Twitter account puts the fire at 227 E. 11th St.



Updated 10:19



Updated 10:30



Updated 10:36


[Photo by VH McKenzie]

No word yet on a cause... or of any injuries…

Here are two more photos from the scene by EVG reader mdmn...





Updated 12/17
The apartment belong to musician Dev Hynes.
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8 comments:

  1. Axis of EvilleDecember 16, 2013 at 10:29 PM

    I live next door on the same floor (4th). I happened to step outside my building exactly at the time the firetrucks arrived, and at that point I didn't see any smoke. About 30 mins later a policeman said it was safe to enter my building, but it still smells like smoke, and firefighters are still in the building that caught fire.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 16, 2013 at 10:30 PM

    i live at 229 and the first I knew of it was when the fire trucks arrived. Nobody came into the building to alert us at any time. Is that normal?

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  3. AnonymousDecember 17, 2013 at 8:28 AM

    @227-229-ers -- hope all is okay!!!

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  4. EV GrieveDecember 17, 2013 at 9:20 AM

    @ anon 9:07

    Thanks for the report. Glad that it wasn't any worse... and everyone is OK...

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  5. 9:37 amDecember 17, 2013 at 9:37 AM

    Where' that person arguing for "We need bikes not a bunch of crying firefighter." Probably moved back to mommy and daddy in Greenwich.

    http://evgrieve.com/2013/04/uh-oh-fdny-discovers-citi-bikes-docking.html?showComment=1367348365399#c6160316771946789530

    NYC's Bravest FTW!

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  6. AnonymousDecember 17, 2013 at 12:02 PM

    one of the apartment's was dev hynes'\

    https://twitter.com/devhynes/status/412959600497786881

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  7. AnonymousDecember 17, 2013 at 8:41 PM

    I'm in 229 E. 11th. Thanks to FDNY for the brave work, and for telling us we were ok not to evacuate. So sorry for our neighbor and his loss.

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  8. AnonymousJanuary 5, 2014 at 2:45 PM

    Any word on the cause of fire?

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