Wednesday, October 3, 2018

[Updating] Post fire, 1 lane of northbound traffic returns to 1st Avenue



After the overnight 6-alarm fire at 188 First Ave. between 11th Street and 12th Street... one northbound traffic lane has been reopened for vehicular traffic, per the NYPD.

• The MTA reports that the M15 bus won't make any local stops on First Avenue between St. Mark's Place and 13th Street.

• There are now a reported 17 injuries, which includes 14 firefighters. None of the injuries were deemed life-threatening.

As for No. 188 and surrounding buildings...


Updated 2:45 p.m.

EVG reader dog shares this photo... apparently there has been a flare up, in the words of the NYPD, in the rear of No. 188...



And per the 9th Precinct....


An estimated 20 FDNY trucks remain at the scene, per dwg.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for all of the updates, evgrieve was the first place I came to look for neighborhood news.