A three alarm fire on New York’s Upper East Side sent plumes of black smoke into the sky on Friday, videos on social media showed. Black smoke has been seen over Manhattan following an ‘ major explosion’ that has rocked New York city. On Friday morning around around 10am local time, a large fire occurred near 305 East 95th Street in Manhattan, not far from Central Park
Videos circulating online show the aftermath, with the blast sending thick plumes of smoke billowing into the skyline. Around 100 firefighters and first responders rushed to the scene and remain battling a blaze.
Local media reports suggest authorities were successful in containing a large fire that erupted on the roof of a seven -story apartment building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, fire officials said Friday.
A call about the blaze on East 95th Street, between Second and First avenues, came in shortly after 10 a.m. First responders were there within 4 minutes, officials told NBC New York.
Fire at Upper East Side apartment in New YorkFlames tore through the cockloft — the narrow space between the top-floor ceiling and the roof — and engulfed three penthouses on the building’s uppermost level, officials said. The blaze did not spread to neighboring structures.
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In total, 170 firefighters and EMS crews rushed to the scene. Three firefighters sustained minor injuries, though the exact nature of those injuries was not immediately disclosed, officials noted.Footage posted on the Citizen app captured vivid orange flames shooting from the roof while billows of thick black smoke rolled across the skyline.