Upper West Side & Morningside Heights

Crime & Mayhem

Fire Breaks Out on West End Avenue

By DNAinfo staff
July 9, 2011 4:54pm | Updated July 9, 2011 5:10pm
Firefighters respond to a fire at 777 West End Ave. on July 9, 2011.
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By Caroline Jumpertz and Tom Liddy

DNAinfo Staff

MANHATTAN - A fire tore through the basement of an Upper West Side building Saturday afternoon, officials said.

The blaze at 777 West End Avenue, near West 98th Street, broke out at 4:23 p.m., according to the FDNY.

Residents said that they thought the fire trucks were part of a movie that has been filiming on the block.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or people being trapped.

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