Fire Near Wall Street Damages Holiday Inn

FINANCIAL DISTRICT, NY — Firefighters are battling a fire in a Holiday Inn hotel near Wall Street on Thursday morning, authorities said.

The fire broke out on the second floor of the 18-story hotel, located at 51 Nassau St, sometime before 10:40 a.m., an FDNY spokesman told Patch.

The blaze is believed to have started in a chemical room on the building's second floor, he said.

Firefighters were still on scene and battling the blaze as of 11:30 a.m., according to the FDNY.

One civilian suffered minor injuries during the fire.

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