Photos yesterday by Stacie Joy
The cleanup continues after a two-alarm fire broke out at 136 Avenue C
on Monday morning.
According to sources at the scene, someone tossed a lit cigarette from a residence in the rear of the building between Eighth Street and Ninth Street. The cigarette landed in a pile of recyclables and ignited something combustible in the interior courtyard, causing an explosion that shattered several windows. The fire traveled up the A&C Kitchen shaft to the roof.
The FDNY issued an "under control" roughly 38 minutes after the first report on Monday.
Several ground-floor businesses were damaged, including flooding at the A&C Kitchen, the affordable and reliable quick-serve Chinese restaurant. They will be closed for the foreseeable future.
On the corner,
the Wayland will reopen on Thursday, per an Instagram announcement ... there was a cleanup crew inside the cocktail lounge, which looked intact ...
Around the corner, Ninth Street Espresso was open...
On Avenue C,
Lovewild Design, the sustainable gifts and stationery shop, was also spared from fire-related damage...
... EVG contributor Stacie Joy spotted owner Sierra Zamarripa, her daughter Cecilia and mother Thea Boyer
on duty...
As for apartments, a unit on the first floor near the blaze was scorched. Aside from some broken windows, we didn't hear of any other damage to residences. A tenant on the third floor said his unit was fine.