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Upper West Side Gym Fire Forces Hundreds to Evacuate

By DNAinfo Staff on March 6, 2011 5:51pm  | Updated on March 6, 2011 5:49pm

By Gabriela Resto-Montero

DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

MANHATTAN — A fire in a locker room at the New York Sports Club in an Upper West Side co-op forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents and gym members Sunday.

Firefighters responded to the fire on the first floor of 23 West 73rd St. shortly after 3 p.m. Sunday and evacuated residents living on the upper levels.

Crews had put out the fire by 4:30 p.m. and no one was injured in the flare-up, an FDNY spokesman said.

He said the cause of the fire was under investigation.


Residents and New York Sports Club gym members evacuate 23 West 73rd Street after a locker room fire Sunday.
Residents and New York Sports Club gym members evacuate 23 West 73rd Street after a locker room fire Sunday.
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