Authorities in New York were responding to a three-alarm fire early Saturday after an apartment building in Manhattan caught fire wounding nearly forty people.
New York City Fire Department officials said that the fire broke out on the 20th floor of the building near East 52nd Street and First Avenue at around 10:30 a.m.
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38 people sustained injuries including two listed in critical condition; investigators believe the cause of the fire was linked to a lithium-ion battery of a micro-mobility device.
“Fire EMS and dispatch did an extraordinary job rescuing a number of civilians,” FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanaugh said.
“I cannot emphasize enough the extraordinary work of our members this morning in unbelievably dangerous conditions.”
