Fire in neighborhood

There was a massive fire in my neighborhood last night: apparently it took the fire department four hours to get it under control, and they were still there and pouring water on five hours after that, when we were walking to the subway this morning. And Broadway between 207th and Isham Streets was still closed at 6:00 this evening, when I got back uptown. The building was gutted and will be demolished (that according to NY1; I'm linking to DNAinfo because I'm guessing their story will be reachable longer). Fortunately, there are no serious injuries.

This was a two-story building, entirely commercial; the Fire Department seems to have kept the fire from spreading to either the nearest apartment building or the next commercial building to the north on Broadway, but what's lost includes the Citibank branch, a laundromat and a pet store on 207th Street, and a new hardware store that I had shopped at once or twice and liked. (It's a branch of a store further downtown, so I'm hoping they'll be able to reopen; a brand-new business would, I think, be less likely to have the resources.)

Fire in neighborhood

There was a massive fire in my neighborhood last night: apparently it took the fire department four hours to get it under control, and they were still there and pouring water on five hours after that, when we were walking to the subway this morning. And Broadway between 207th and Isham Streets was still closed at 6:00 this evening, when I got back uptown. The building was gutted and will be demolished (that according to NY1; I'm linking to DNAinfo because I'm guessing their story will be reachable longer). Fortunately, there are no serious injuries.

This was a two-story building, entirely commercial; the Fire Department seems to have kept the fire from spreading to either the nearest apartment building or the next commercial building to the north on Broadway, but what's lost includes the Citibank branch, a laundromat and a pet store on 207th Street, and a new hardware store that I had shopped at once or twice and liked. (It's a branch of a store further downtown, so I'm hoping they'll be able to reopen; a brand-new business would, I think, be less likely to have the resources.)