FDNYalerts MAN ALL HANDS 218 E 9 ST, MIXED OCCUPANCY FIRE ON THE 2ND FLR,
— FDNYalerts (@FDNYAlerts) April 21, 2018
The FDNY is on the scene at 218 E. Ninth St. between Second Avenue and Third Avenue... it's the building directly to the west of the parking garage.
Witnesses at the scene report hearing an explosion...
| @evgrieve Explosion on 9th Street. pic.twitter.com/7StJbgAidr
— Liberation Iannillo (@thevulgarera) April 21, 2018
Will update when more details are available...
UPDATED:
NOTORIOUS shared this a little before 4 p.m.:
Around 3:30 pm there was a loud explosion outside that sounded like a violent car crash. The FDNY arrived almost instantly and shut down the street. The fire appears to be in 218 East 9th, the building with Yakiniku West. It's been 25 minutes since the fire started and it's still going strong. More FDNY are pulling up now.
Steven took these photos of the FDNY's response...
EVG reader jba shared these photos showing some of the damage to No. 218...
... and another view via Aaron Wilson...
CBS 2's Reena Roy has a report...
Yakiniku West restaurant on the first floor and three apartments above were damaged, officials said. Five adults and one child were displaced.
“They were confronted with a heavy smoke condition upon arrival on the first floor,” one fire official told CBS2’s Reena Roy. “We had 25 units operating here with 106 firefighters. There was a lot of overhauling, a lot of walls and ceilings were taken down, too. There’s a lot of damage right now.”
The fire reportedly started behind a refrigerator on the second floor and quickly spread. There weren't any reports of injuries.
#FDNY members are on scene of a 2-alarm fire, 218 E 9 St. Manhattan. Currently no injuries have been reported. pic.twitter.com/1F42rUnHNz
— FDNY (@FDNY) April 21, 2018
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