The Fire Department said it was an underground street electrical fire, and that there were no outages and injuries.
The store, located at 57th Street and Fifth Avenue, just completed a massive renovation that took nearly four years.
Con Ed is also responding to the scene.
Chopper 2 Flying Chopper 2 is checking out a fire at Tiffany's flagship store in Midtown. More on CBSN New York: http://cbsloc.al/cbsnnewyork
Posted by CBS New York on Thursday, June 29, 2023 Check back soon for more information on this developing story.
Howdy!
Have you donated to the Freepathon yet? 😀
There is also a fire today at a NJ UPS facility.
https://twitter.com/YWNReporter/status/1674204447403126784
So if any Freepers in the area have sent something UPS it might not be arriving any time soon, or even at all!
Nice store you gots here. Shame if something were to happen to it...
Do they have a gofundme page set up so that we can donate a little something to make up for their losses on any damaged jewelery?
Breakfast At Tiffany’s might be delayed... perhap the Deep Blue Something version might work better here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ClCpfeIELw
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Multi-colored fire diamonds, a common fixture on tanks and buildings, are a way of communicating risks quickly to firefighters, and other first responders. They can help determine a number of things like what precautions to take, procedures to follow, and equipment to use.
https://www.creativesafetysupply.com/glossary/fire-diamond/
Fire breaks out — did they pay the 10% to the fire marshal on time ?
Inspections these days mean nothing.
