Upper West Side & Morningside Heights
Crime & Mayhem

Fire Breaks Out In Riverside Drive Building

Tom Liddy

By Tom Liddy on June 25, 2011 1:46pm

A fire broke out at 158 Riverside Dr. Saturday afternoon

DNAinfo/Jon Schuppe

By Tom Liddy

DNAinfo News Editor

MANHATTAN - A blaze erupted Saturday afternoon in a building on the Upper West Side, officials said.

The fire broke out at 1:21 p.m. on the fourth floor of 158 Riverside Dr., near West 88th Street, according to the FDNY.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or evacuations.


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