Crime & Safety
Lower East Side Fire Breaks Out At 6-Story Building, FDNY Says
Some 60 firefighters responded to a fire at a 6-story building on Suffolk Street in the Lower East Side Wednesday afternoon, the FDNY said.
LOWER EAST SIDE, NY — A fire blazed through an apartment of a six-story building on the Lower East Side Wednesday afternoon, an FDNY spokesperson said.
Firefighters got a call for a fire in an apartment on the fifth floor at 112 Suffolk St. between Rivington and Delancey streets about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, the FDNY spokesperson said.
The FDNY rep said 12 units and 60 firefighters responded to the fire.
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No injuries had been reported as of Wednesday afternoon, according to the spokesperson. Emergency responders had a handle on the fire before about 1 p.m., though it was not fully under control at that time, the spokesperson said.
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