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More Than 100 Firefighters Battle 19th Street Blaze, FDNY Says

 Fire tore through the top floor of 40 E. 19th St., officials said.
Fire tore through the top floor of 40 E. 19th St., officials said.
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UNION SQUARE — More than 100 firefighters battled a blaze that tore through the top floor of a Union Square building Thursday morning, officials said.

The fire erupted inside 40 E. 19th St., near Park Avenue South, about 4:40 a.m., an FDNY spokesman said.

About 106 firefighters brought it under control by 5:50 a.m., officials said.

There were no reported injuries, officials said.