1 Injured In 3-Alarm Fire At Upper East Side Apartment Building: FDNY

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY —A three-alarm fire at an apartment building on the Upper East Side on Monday afternoon injured one firefighter and tore through at least 20 apartments, New York City Fire Department officials said.

The fire, located at 160 East 91st Street between Lexington Avenue and Third Avenue, started on the fourth floor of the eight-story building at 12:23 p.m. on Monday, fire officials said.

The New York City Department of Emergency Management said locals should expect smoke and traffic delays in the area.

More than 150 firefighters and medics responded to the fire, and the fire was put out at 2:31 p.m. officials said. One firefighter was treated for minor injuries, FDNY officials said.

"The fire was found in the walls on floor three and extended up the walls, up to floors four, five, six, seven, eight, and into the cockloft area, which is the area between the top floor ceiling and the roof," said FDNY's Assistant Chief John Sarrocco.

The Red Cross is getting all of the affected residents into temporary housing, the FDNY said.

"We stretched multiple hand lines into the building, and we had to expose fire on every one of those floors by pulling the ceilings and opening up the walls and extinguishing fire," Sarrocco said.

This article was updated at 4:30 p.m. Monday with additional details about the fire and the statement from the FDNY.

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