The FDNY received a call about a fire at Memorial Sloan Kettering at 530 East 74th Street on Tuesday afternoon at 1:37pm. A total of 20 units and 78 firefighters were sent to the scene of the incident.
Firefighters arrived to find the fire on the building’s sixth floor patio. They were able to successfully contain the fire, preventing it from spreading inside.
Multiple videos of the scene were shared on Citizen App.
Fire on Sixth Floor of Hospital @CitizenApp
530 E 74th St 1:39:44 PM EDT
Fire on Sixth Floor of Hospital @CitizenApp
530 E 74th St 1:39:44 PM EDT
Out of an abundance of caution, patients from the fifth, sixth and seventh floors were temporarily evacuated to lower floors.
York Avenue between 72nd and 76th streets was temporarily closed while the fire was being dealt with.
🚨ADVISORY: Due to FDNY activity at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital located at 530 East 74th Street, York Avenue from East 72nd Street to East 76th Street on the Upper East Side is CLOSED.
Fire has been extinguished, FDNY & emergency personnel remain on scene. pic.twitter.com/jYc1G9gdpY
— NYPD 19th Precinct (@NYPD19Pct) March 22, 2022
No injuries have been reported, and the fire was deemed under control at 2:27pm.
The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.
