Crime & Safety
Times Square Diner Fire Leaves 3 Injured, Including 2 Firefighters
Tourists at nearby hotels were reportedly told to shut their windows.
TIMES SQUARE, NY — Three people, including two firefighters, were injured after a fire broke out at a Times Square diner early Tuesday morning, an FDNY spokesman told Patch. (For the latest updates on this story and other Midtown news, click here to subscribe to Patch's daily newsletter and free, real-time news alerts, or click here to find your neighborhood NYC Patch.)
The fire started around 4:45 a.m. in the duct work of TSQ Brasserie at 723 7th Ave., near 48th Street, and spread to nearby buildings, the FDNY said. Thirty-three units, including 140 firefighters, responded to the fire, the FDNY said.
The other person injured was a civilian, the FDNY said. Tourists in nearby hotels and people living in the area were reportedly told to shut their windows. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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Blaring sirens and flashing lights filled the theater district as authorities worked to put out the blaze.
People are being told to shut their windows in Times Sq as @FDNY battles a fire on 7th Ave. We're LIVE w/details @NBCNewYork #nbc4ny pic.twitter.com/ncn1V4CJcP
— Tracie Strahan (@tstrahan4NY) February 21, 2017
Times Square fire #1010wins pic.twitter.com/luK9Bsrc26
— glenn schuck (@glennschuck) February 21, 2017
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