UWS Blaze Sends 60 Firefighters To Amsterdam Houses: FDNY

Upper West Side NY

31 March, 2021

2:34 PM

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UPDATE: 2:56 p.m. The Upper West Side blaze was put under control at 2:20 p.m. The FDNY reported no injuries, but didn't specify how the fire started. UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — A fire broke out Wednesday afternoon in a residential building on the Upper West Side, according to the FDNY. The flames ignited at 1:52 p.m. on the fourth floor of a building at 249 West 62nd Street, which is an address part of the Amsterdam Houses NYCHA development that stretches from 61st to 64th Street. As of 3 p.m. Wednesday there are 60 firefighters battling the flames within the six-story building.