Disasters · Upper East Side fireUpper East Side fire: Two firefighters suffer minor injuries in high-rise blazeAired October 26, 2026 at 11:24 PM UTCWritten October 26, 2026 at 11:30 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:07Two firefighters suffered minor injuries battling a high rise balcony fire.0:11No residents were injured, and firefighters brought the blaze under control.0:14Investigators are still working to find out what started it.0:17The fire broke out Sunday night, October25, on Manhattan's Upper East Side.0:21Flames shot from a balcony near East70, Fourth Street, and Second Avenue.0:25People could see the flames from blocks away.0:27The reported address is three hundred East Seventy Fourth Street, a thirty-seven0:31story Co OP.0:32The fire was reportedly on the twentieth floor, well above street level.0:36The emergency call reportedly came at seven fifty-five that evening.0:39Firefighters brought the blaze under control in about thirty five minutes.0:43Investigators haven't determined what ignited it.0:46The flames coming from the balcony don't tell them precisely where the fire began.0:49Whether the fire left any apartments unusable hasn't been made clear.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSSThe shortThe short ↗
