Crime & Safety
Late-Night Basement Fire In Hell's Kitchen Burns For Hours: FDNY
It took over 100 smoke eaters more than two hours to fight the blaze, according to officials.
HELL'S KITCHEN, NY — A basement fire raged for over two hours on Wednesday night inside a Hell's Kitchen apartment building, according to officials.
The blaze broke out at 11:42 p.m. Wednesday night in the basement of 346 West 52nd St., a five-story 16-unit building between Eighth and Ninth Avenues, officials said.
Smoke eaters called a second alarm at 12:15 a.m., according to fire officials.
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The Fire Department said it took over 100 fire fighters over two hours to finally get the fire under control at just before 2 a.m. Thursday morning.
Videos from Citizen show smoke billowing out of the building and numerous ladder trucks extended to the roof.
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The FDNY said that there were no injuries from the long fire fight.
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