Crime & Safety
Car Catches on Fire Near United Nations Building
There was video online of a car catching on fire on East 42nd Street Tuesday afternoon.
The FDNY responded to a car fire Tuesday afternoon right in the middle of Midtown.
Fire official confirmed that a car caught fire outside 253 East 42nd Street at about 2:30 p.m. outside a Five Guys restaurant. A crew was on the scene.
No injuries were reported.
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A fire official said the car fire was put out just after 3 p.m.
Video quickly surfaced on Twitter of the incident, and of course people crowding around the car with their cameraphones rolling.
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Car on fire 42nd street @FDNY on the scene. pic.twitter.com/TtImU1fgbo
— Vanessa (@perez4pres) July 12, 2016
Crazy car on #fire outside work!! @PIX11News Luckily driver is safe & #firefighters on it!! #carfire #nyc pic.twitter.com/Fp9IxWjZs2
— Sasha Jahic (@SashaJahic) July 12, 2016
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