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

June 22, 2017 8:12am | Updated June 22, 2017 8:12am
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.

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