{"id":219569,"date":"2026-05-04T18:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/219569\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T18:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:41:10","slug":"three-alarm-fire-breaks-out-at-eugene-oneill-theatre-injuring-firefighter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/219569\/","title":{"rendered":"Three-alarm fire breaks out at Eugene O’Neill Theatre, injuring firefighter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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A fire broke out Monday at a historic Broadway theater<\/a> in New York City that hosts the hit play “The Book of Mormon,” officials said.<\/p>\n

Dozens of units with the New York Fire Department (FDNY) responded to the Eugene O\u2019Neill Theatre on 49th Street around 10 a.m. to extinguish the three-alarm blaze, FDNY Assistant Chief David Simms said during a news briefing.<\/p>\n

“This was a deep-seated fire involving a lot of electrical equipment,” he said. “It was very difficult to get to.”<\/p>\n

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Michael James Scott stands under the theatre marquee at the Broadway opening night Gypsy Robe ceremony for “The Book of Mormon” at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre in New York City. A fire damaged parts of the building Monday, officials said. (Walter McBride\/Corbis via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

More than 200 first responders arrived at the scene. The fire<\/a> began in the electrical room between the fourth and fifth floors, he said. After the fire was knocked down, more flames were discovered between the fifth floor and the roof.<\/p>\n

“There\u2019s been substantial damage on the fourth floor and the electrical room, which contains lighting equipment and the hanging chandeliers,” said Simms.<\/p>\n

One firefighter sustained minor injuries and was taken to a hospital; all theater personnel were accounted for, Simms said. The building will be closed for repairs pending an investigation by the city’s Department of Buildings.<\/p>\n

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A fire broke out Monday at the Eugene O\u2019Neill Theatre in New York, the building that hosts the hit play “The Book of Mormon.” (WNYW)<\/p>\n

The theater has hosted “The Book of Mormon” since 2011, the New York Post<\/a> reported. It was not clear how the fire will impact future performances.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital has reached out to a representative for the play and theatre owner\u00a0Ambassador Theatre Group.<\/p>\n

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A New York City firefighter seen climbing a ladder to battle a fire at the Eugene O\u2019Neill Theatre. (WNYW)<\/p>\n

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Tourists staying at a hotel next to the theater told local media<\/a> that they were forced to leave while firefighters battled the flames.<\/p>\n

“I threw on some clothes and ran down the stairs,” Krissy Giffin told PIX 11<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A fire broke out Monday at a historic Broadway theater…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[157,20175,8091,9,24,11,10],"class_list":["post-219569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-entertainment","tag-fires-disasters","tag-musicals","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219569","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=219569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}