Wednesday, August 4, 2021

Report of a fire last night at Nublu

The FDNY responded to a report of a fire last night around 11:30 at Nublu, 151 Avenue C between Ninth Street and 10th Street... (thanks to Louise & Danny for the pics!)
The @FDNYalerts account first reported the fire at 11:23 p.m., with an "under control" several minutes later at 11:32. We're told that the music venue filled with smoke, though there was minimal damage to equipment... and everyone safely exited the two-story building. 

[Updated: The folks at Nublu said everything is OK and they will be open tonight. Someone tossed a cigarette butt in a trash can in the entryway, we're told.]

During the time of the fire scare, there was a sold-out party hosted by The Drunken Canal (your favorite newspaper). This morning, you can find the issue — usually found only down in the box off Canal and Essex — on the southeast corner of 10th Street and Avenue C... (thanks to the reader for the pics!) ...
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8 comments:

  1. BTAugust 4, 2021 at 10:28 AM

    Hope it's ok. NuBlu is one of my absolutely favorite places in the entire world. (shhhh... don't tell just anyone)

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  2. AnonymousAugust 4, 2021 at 11:00 AM

    I live two blocks down. I heard the sirens. Hope there isn't that much damage and everyone is okay. I can't understand for the life of me why there are always fires here in this small radius of blocks, especially around C and 7th. It's very strange.

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  3. JAMESAugust 4, 2021 at 1:10 PM

    11:00..When I grew up there in the '60's and '70's there were fires every day there especially car fires.

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  4. Jill WAugust 4, 2021 at 2:18 PM

    Nublu is fine. It was a trash fire, almost definitely from someone throwing a lit or hot cigarette into a trash can, which was in the exit corridor, not the main room. There was a lot of smoke, definitely could have been much worse if there had been more flammable material nearby.

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  5. AnonymousAugust 4, 2021 at 2:37 PM

    Glad our prayer circle worked!

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  6. AnonymousAugust 4, 2021 at 3:12 PM

    streets need the Drunken Canal x EV Grieve collab

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  7. AnonymousAugust 4, 2021 at 4:45 PM

    It was actually a concert for band & friends of the newspaper, The Hellp, hosted by the Drunken Canal

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  8. BaileyAugust 4, 2021 at 10:49 PM

    So strange. DJed a show there last Saturday and the smoke alarm kept going off and the firefighters showed up then too... Glad all is fine and well! Love Nublu!

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