{"id":332229,"date":"2026-08-28T22:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T22:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/332229\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T22:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T22:04:11","slug":"man-sets-himself-on-fire-in-lobby-of-google-office-building-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/332229\/","title":{"rendered":"Man sets himself on fire in lobby of Google office building in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 63-year-old man set himself on fire Friday in the lobby of a Lower Manhattan building that houses offices for Google, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The unidentified man self-immolated inside the building on Hudson Street near Vandam Street just before 3 p.m., according to the NYPD and FDNY.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.77777778;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40565546\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-around-3pm-fdny-called-138818337.jpg\" alt=\"The scene outside Google HQ at 315 Hudson St. in Manhattan after a reported self-immolation.\" class=\"wp-image-40565546\"\/>The scene of a reported self-immolation is seen outside of the Google HQ building at 315 Hudson St. in Manhattan on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. The FDNY was called to the location for a burn victim who reportedly set themselves on fire, and EMS transported one civilian. FNTV<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.82857143;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40565558\" width=\"1024\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-around-3pm-fdny-called-138818335.jpg\" alt=\"Yellow caution tape blocks off a section of green pavement with a dark backpack, a piece of clothing, and white powder on it.\" class=\"wp-image-40565558\"\/>The scene of a reported self-immolation is seen outside of 315 Hudson St. in Manhattan on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. FDNY responded to a burn victim who reportedly set themselves on fire at the Google HQ building. FNTV<\/p>\n<p>Multiple people called 911, and first responders rushed the burned man to Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he is listed in stable condition, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Only a black backpack and a few scraps of debris were left behind in the aftermath, just outside the building that also houses the NYPD\u2019s Internal Affairs Bureau.<\/p>\n<p>It was not immediately clear what was used to set the blaze or why he set himself on fire.<br \/>Google occupies 410,556 square feet in the building, The Commercial Observer reported in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 63-year-old man set himself on fire Friday in the lobby of a Lower Manhattan building that houses&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[4685,359,75,84,83,57,9,24,63,58],"class_list":["post-332229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-google","tag-lower-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332229","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=332229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}