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Crime & Mayhem

Suspicious Fire Started Off Riverside Drive

May 27, 2011 7:50am | Updated May 27, 2011 7:50am
A small fire broke out on 60 W. 158th Street just off of Riverside Drive.
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DNAinfo/Jon Schuppe

By Della Hasselle

DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS - A suspicious fire broke out in a Washington Heights apartment building early Friday morning, fire officials said.

The fire started just before 1:30 a.m. on the third floor of a four-story residential building on 640 W. 158th Street, at Riverside Drive.

It was extinguished at 1:55 a.m. No injuries were reported, FDNY said.

The cause of the fire is under investigation, fire officials said.

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