Heavy Two-Alarm Fire at 48 East 68th Street, Upper East Side, Oct. 27, 2018
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October 27, 2018 MANHATTAN, NEW YORK — FDNY units fought a two-alarm fire at the five-story townhouse at 48 East 68th Street near Park Avenue on the Upper East Side. The fire was reported in a second-floor kitchen at about 1:30 p.m., and firefighters saw fire on the third and fourth floors. A mobile respiratory unit and other special units responded, the report said. The video shows firefighters raising ladders and stretching hose lines on East 68th Street, Ladder 16 and other FDNY engines and trucks, an aerial ladder at the building, EMS with a stretcher, chiefs' vehicles, FDNY special units, and pedestrians on Park Avenue. BACKGROUND The fire started at about 1:12 p.m. on the second floor and was contained within about an hour, the New York Daily News reported. More than 100 firefighters and EMS personnel responded, and one firefighter suffered minor injuries and was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, the Daily News and Patch reported. Search terms: two-alarm fire, two alarm fire, 2-alarm fire, fire, house fire, structure fire, firefighters, fire department, FDNY, blaze, fire scene, smoke, Upper East Side, Weill Cornell Medical Center, East 68th Street, 68th Street, E. 68th St., 68th St., Park Avenue, Park Ave., UES, East Side, Manhattan, New York, New York City, NYC, New York State, NY, Fire Department of New York, New York City Fire Department, EMS, Emergency Medical Services, paramedics, EMTs, ambulance, hospital, medical center, afternoon, October 27 2018, 10/27/2018, October 2018, 2018. FreedomNews.TV | Licensing: [email protected] To license this video, contact Freedom News TV at https://www.freedomnews.tv/license or email [email protected].
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