{"id":167205,"date":"2026-03-18T13:36:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/167205\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T13:36:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:36:41","slug":"fire-erupts-in-manhattan-at-high-rise-near-nyc-st-patricks-day-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/167205\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire erupts in Manhattan at high-rise near NYC St. Patrick&#8217;s Day Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-17-125308-e1773777418505-300x169.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-817138\" alt=\"\"   loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>VIDEO\/PHOTOS: The New York City Fire Department battled a large fire on the roof of a Midtown Manhattan high-rise that sent black smoke into the air near the St. Patrick\u2019s Day Parade on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Videos show flames and the plume of smoke coming from the building at 6 East 43rd St., between Fifth and Madison avenues, just a block from the beginning of the parade route.<\/p>\n<p>At a news conference, FDNY Deputy Chief Brian Whiston said the fire started burning at around 9:45 a.m. on the roof in the building\u2019s cooling tower, which is part of the HVAC system, leading to an all-hands operation.<\/p>\n<p>The FDNY posted a social media video of the scene outside, while other videos from the ground showed smoke covering the sky above Midtown East.<\/p>\n<p>It took a little less than 90 minutes to get the fire under control, Whiston said.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the blaze was under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The building in Midtown East is being renovated and firefighters feared some construction workers were stuck inside during the fire.<\/p>\n<p>WCBS-TV CBS 2 New York City<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VIDEO\/PHOTOS: The New York City Fire Department battled a large fire on the roof of a Midtown Manhattan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,5855,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-167205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-mid-atlantic-region","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}