Crime & Safety
Upper West Side Fire In Residential Building, No Injuries: FDNY
The fire started inside an apartment on the corner of Columbus and West 73rd Street around 3:30 p.m, FDNY told Patch.
UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — A blaze broke out in a residential building on the Upper West Side Monday afternoon, an FDNY spokesperson told Patch.
The flames ignited within an apartment at 48 West 73rd Street around 3:30 p.m., according to the FDNY
Video posted to the Citizen App shows smoke billowing out of the second floor of the building, which you can watch here.
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A total of 60 firefighters responded to the flames, FDNY said.
The building was evacuated, but there were no injuries, FDNY added.
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Chief White of the FDNY's 10th Battalion told the WestSideRag that the fire appeared to have started from a "faulty dishwasher." The Rag added that the tenant was not home when the flames ignited.
The Upper West Side building is also home to a Starbucks.
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