Crime & Safety
Fire In Upper East Side Restaurant Injures 4
A fire in a Yorkville Chinese restaurant prompted a huge emergency response Tuesday morning and injured four firefighters.
UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — A fire broke out in an Upper East Side restaurant early Tuesday, injuring four firefighters when the ceiling collapsed, according to authorities.
The blaze began around 5 a.m. inside Dragon One, a Chinese restaurant on First Avenue and East 95th Street. After starting on the first floor, the fire spread up to the third floor of the five-story brick building.
It took well over 100 firefighters more than three hours to bring the four-alarm fire under control, and the area was still swarmed with emergency vehicles shortly after 9 a.m. The city advised residents to avoid the area and close windows to prevent smoke from seeping in.
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All four injured firefighters were hospitalized with minor injuries after the first-floor ceiling collapsed. No civilian injuries have been reported, but 12 residents of the building have been displaced, ABC7 reported.
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The cause of the fire is under investigation, an FDNY spokesperson said.
FDNY members are operating on scene of a 4-alarm fire at 1843 First Avenue in Manhattan. pic.twitter.com/DLSa42LziH
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