The cause of the blaze remains unknown at this time
A five-alarm fire ripped through a six-story residential building known as The Hamilton, at 60 East 9th Street in Greenwich Village, around 5:45 p.m., reports Metro. The cause of the blaze remains unknown at this time and 138 firefighters are on scene handling the situation, managing to downgrade the devastation to a three-alarm blaze.
The good news is that no serious injuries have been reported; one firefighter is being treated for minor injuries but that's all that has been reported as of publication. However, local subway service has been affected by the fire and N, Q, R, and W trains are bypassing the Eighth Avenue station as the FDNY continues on scenes trying to clear heavy smoke from the building's roof.
The co-op building is comprised of 214 apartments with six of them listed for sale, asking from $525,000 for a studio to $1.195 million for a two-bedroom, one-bathroom.
The FDNY has been post updates to the situation on their Twitter feed:
#FDNY members continue operating at 5-alarm fire, 60 East 9 Street MN. 1 minor injury to a Firefighter reported at this time pic.twitter.com/Xjc0YE45PQ
— FDNY (@FDNY) June 28, 2017
#FDNY members remain on scene of a 5-alarm fire, 60 East 9 Street MN. pic.twitter.com/GuE3MUCI5S
— FDNY (@FDNY) June 28, 2017
#FDNY members are on scene of a 5-alarm fire, 60 East 9 Street MN. No injuries reported at this time pic.twitter.com/ngqH1M1RBR
— FDNY (@FDNY) June 28, 2017
And people around the neighborhood have also been capturing the developing scene on Instagram:
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