14th Street, 6:19 p.m., May 12

Stuyvesant Grocery is destroyed

A little after 6 tonight, workers were taking apart the fire-ravaged Stuyvesant Grocery on 14th Street at Avenue A after today's three-alarm fire...





The tree near the store on Avenue A also had to be chopped down to battle the blaze.




Previously.

14th Street fire video

Video by Liberation Iannillo.

(Via BoweryBoogie)

Firefighters also made sure pets were safe from fire

Our friend Cat Sitter in the City posted the following story (and photo credit to Cat Sitter's friend Pauline...)

I saw a few people out on Avenue A clinging to their cats, including the nice guy above, who told me that he lived in an apartment building that was evacuated for fear that it might also catch on fire. The firemen made sure to save any animals that were in the building, he noted, including his handsome cat Gus Roberts.

More on the fire that engulfed the corner of 14th Street and Avenue A here.

Read Cat Sitter here.

(Updated 3:23) Stuyvesant Grocery after the fire

From the Post:

Essa Assabahi, 29, who works at Stuyvesant Convenience, watched from across the street as the shop burned.
"That's my job right there," he said. "Now I'm unemployed."

DNAinfo noted that the smell from the flames reached SoHo.

Photo by Sergey.

Blarney Cove survives the fire

And who knew that the Blarney Cove had a Twitter account? @blarneycove

The Blarney Cove is open!

And despite the fire a few storefronts away.... I called and they said everyone's fine and they were open for business. And patrons could be heard in the background to prove it....




[File photos]

(Updated 12:57) After the fire: No injuries reported

Still no injuries have been reported.

Now from NY1:

Firefighters from about five ladder companies are still working to contain a blaze on East 14th Street near Avenue A. The fire broke out just after 10 a.m. on the roof of a one-story building and became three alarms about an hour later.

At least four businesses including a pizza restaurant, a convenience store, a hair salon and a Jackson Hewitt tax preparation office were damaged in the fire.

No serious injuries were reported.

The owner of the 24-hour convenience store said he smelled smoke and heard commotion next door at Pete's-A-Place pizzeria, where workers were making renovations, and ran over to help put out the fire.

"At first when I smelled the smoke I thought it was a small fire so I could help with that one. I could really stop the fire," said the convenience store owner. "But when we went upstairs, the flames were very, very big, very intense."

There is no word yet on what caused the fire.

Streets in the area of the fire have been temporarily closed.

Photo via Sergey.

Update from the scene

Per a reader: "I don't think anyone was harmed, fortunately. The fire started in Pete's-a-Place and spread — flames were shooting up from the roof. I talked to the son of the grocery store owner and he said everyone was okay. The firemen broke out the windows of the grocery store, tax place, pizza place, and hair salon and sprayed water in the stores as well as on the roof. I think it's under control now."

Photo courtesty again of Sergey.

"The fire is gone, as well as the roof from the deli"

Per Sergey: "The fire is gone, as well as the roof from the deli."

Fire update

Per a reader: "The main damage seems to be to the Stuyvesant deli, Pete's-A-Place and Jackson Hewitt."

On 14th Street and Avenue A.

Breaking: Fire getting under control at 14th Street and Avenue A

Per Sergey on the scene: "I think it's going to be over soon. There is less black smoke coming out."

Breaking: Firefighters battling to keep fire under control at 14th Street and Avenue A

More up-to-the-minutes photos from Sergey.

Breaking: Fire on 14th Street and Avenue A

Many thanks to EV Grieve reader Sergey for these on-the-scene photos of a fire that appears to have started near Stuyvesant Market on Avenue A and 14th Street. More to come.