Here's a statement from FDNY Assistant Chief John Hodgens on this morning's fire on the southeast corner of Second Avenue and Seventh Street:
"Our units arrived in three minutes, very fast response time. Upon arrival we had heavy fire showing from the corner building on East 7th Street. We quickly transmitted additional alarms to get more help here. We knew this was going to be a big operation. Fire had extended into the church on 2nd Avenue and also into another building on 7th Street. We had all of our units in position and we were quickly able to contain it to that area. We have four minor injuries to Firefighters at this time. We are going to be operating here for a while. The fire is under investigation by our marshals."
As for a cause... the fire in the same building on Feb. 10 was electrical. And this? Unrelated...
Top photo by StevenPer FDNY Fire Marshals: Cause of the 3-alarm fire on 2/10 at 48 East 7th Street in Manhattan was accidental, electrical, building wiring. The current 6-alarm fire at the same location is unrelated. FDNY operations continue and Fire Marshals are on the scene. pic.twitter.com/0FI5KwGPBr
— FDNY (@FDNY) December 5, 2020
This is so sad.
ReplyDeleteAlso, recently I make it a point to look at the inside of the building next to the church from the outside whenever I pass by and it seems like its renovation is almost complete and it sucks that this had to happen again - only this this time the damage is so much worse.
Hope they find out what caused the fire soon.
I am heartsick over this.
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