Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Report of a 2-alarm fire at 11-13 Avenue D

A two-alarm fire damaged several businesses and displaced residents late last night at 11-13 Avenue D between Second Street and Third Street. 

The @FDNYalerts account first noted the fire at 12:41 a.m. ... ... with the "under control" coming at 2 a.m. ... Nearby residents reported seeing flames coming through the roof of the six-floor building. (H/T Bobby G.) 

Video taken from the scene shows extensive damage to the three ground-floor businesses: Joesph's Convenience Store, New Chinatown Restaurant and Royal Fried Chicken. (New Chinatown Restaurant was not open at the time, as firefighters had to cut through the gate to access the establishment.)
At this time, there isn't any official word of injuries, the origin of the fire or the extent of the damage to the residential units.

Updated 8:30 a.m. 

EVG reader Bobby G. shares this photo from this morning...
Screengrabs via video by THEMAJESTIRIUM1.
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8 comments:

  1. GlennSeptember 13, 2022 at 11:32 AM

    Horrible! I hope the tenants have somewhere to go.It must have been a big fire as I could heavily smell the smoke in my apartment. (I'm at 3rd btw B and C.)

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  2. SarahSeptember 13, 2022 at 12:03 PM

    Grateful that no one was killed, though.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 13, 2022 at 12:59 PM

    Any fire is a terrible event, and I'm so sorry for the residents who are being severely affected by this.

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 13, 2022 at 3:51 PM

    My thoughts are with the tenants of this building. I recently purchased renters insurance a couple of months ago after twenty two years of living here in NYC. I don't know why it took so long, but due to an influx of crime with robberies and fires and whatnot, I wanted protection in case of an emergency. I hope these people have somewhere to go for now.

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 13, 2022 at 3:58 PM

    We were out on the street while cops dealt with a shooting next door

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 13, 2022 at 4:05 PM

    Might be grease

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 13, 2022 at 4:40 PM

    This is my building. Nobody was hurt. Fire was in New Chinatown and went up the exhaust ducts on the back of the building. Water and smoke damage.

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  8. UnknownSeptember 13, 2022 at 8:27 PM

    The smoke from this was insane. I'm over on Avenue C between 2nd and 3rd and I woke up in a panic thinking my apartment was full of smoke, I was hacking and coughing. Looked out the window and it was stormy out and I couldn't work out if I was seeing fog or smoke.

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