Boarding up 21 E. Second St.

A three-alarm fire involving 140 firefighters broke out late Tuesday night at 21 E. Second St., a six-floor apartment building between the Bowery and Second Avenue...

Yesterday, Bobby Williams notes that workers were on the scene to board up the windows. The Red Cross is currently offering temporary housing to the 30-plus residents who were displaced from the fire.

This morning outside 21 E. Second St.

The scene of a three-alarm fire last night. Read more about it here.

No one on the scene this morning except for a reporter from NY1 and, possibly, the super.

[Updated] FDNY battles three-alarm fire at 21 E. Second St.

[Maria Andrea via Twitter]

A three-alarm fire involving 140 firefighters reportedly broke out late last night at 21 E. Second St., a six-floor apartment building between the Bowery and Second Avenue. NYU students living in the adjacent Second Street Residence were evacuated as a precaution, @nyunews reported.

[Jason Lester via Flickr]

Earlier accounts via Twitter reported that the fire occurred in the dorm.

According to Washington Square News, the fire broke out just after 11 p.m. Two firefighters reportedly suffered minor injuries while three civilians were treated at the scene. The FDNY had extinguished the fire by 1:30 a.m.

FDNY officials told Washington Square News that the flames spread from the second floor through an air shaft to the fourth floor of 21 E. Second St.

Per the Post: "The three-alarm inferno ran mostly through one shaft in the building and was difficult to put out because several of the apartments were heavily cluttered, the FDNY said."

[Anna Frenkel via Twitter]

BoweryBoogie has more here. The Lo-Down has photos and coverage here. Find some photos via Jason Lester here.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation. NY1 reports that the Red Cross is offering temporary housing to 30 adults and four children.