On the morning of the 17th local time, thick black smoke billowed from the roof of an office building in Midtown Manhattan, New York.
The fire department quickly dispatched a large number of personnel to the scene to extinguish the fire upon receiving the report. Fortunately, the fire was later brought under control, and no casualties have been reported so far.
According to the local fire department, at around 9:45 a.m. on the 17th, a fire broke out at 6 East 43rd Street, between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue, just one block from Grand Central Station. The fire started on the 28th floor of the building and involved a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system.
Intense flames and a large amount of thick black smoke erupted from the building's roof, with the smoke column swirling over the city center. Firefighters immediately evacuated those inside the building and quickly climbed to the roof to put out the fire.
People in several high-rise buildings around the burning building, as well as passengers at Grand Central Station, were also temporarily evacuated.