Firefighters responded to a report of an explosion on Saturday afternoon at a high-rise apartment on the Upper East Side in which five people were injured.
Manhattan *2ND ALARM/10-77* Box 1015
169 E 69th St off Lex
BASEMENT FIRE 20 STORY 100X100— NYCFireWire (@NYCFireWire) March 1, 2025
The blaze broke out at 169 East 69th Street (between Third Avenue and Lexington Avenue) around 2:30 p.m.; two fighters sustained minor injuries, while three other people were also injured. Only one person, however, was taken to hospital, at nearby Cornell Weill.
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FDNY officials told East Side Feed on Sunday via email that units arrived on scene due to a fire in the basement of the structure. A total of 60 fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel were on the scene.
The FDNY added that the “cause and origin is currently under investigation.” The fire was deemed under control by 3:46 p.m.
The Upper East Side has seen its fair share of fires over the last few months.
On Feb. 24, another fire injured five people at 205 East 92nd Street, between Second and Third avenues. At the end of January, a three-alarm fire in Carnegie Hill warranted Red Cross attention. And on January 15, an elderly woman was critically injured in a top-floor apartment fire.
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