Multiple People Sick After Fumes Flood UWS Post Office: FDNY

Upper West Side NY

19 August, 2021

2:16 PM

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UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Multiple people are sick and one person is in the hospital after fumes flooded an Upper West Side Post Office, said the FDNY. Around 1:03 p.m. on Thursday, 40 firefighters responded to reports of fumes coming from the Post Office at 127 West 83rd Street. The branch was quickly evacuated, and one woman was carried out on a stretcher, an eyewitness told Patch. FDNY said one person was transported to St. Luke's Hospital due to complications suffered from the fumes, but did not specify their condition. Gus Saltonstall/Patch A United States Postal Service employee at the scene told Patch that the fumes were caused by a gas leak inside the building. There was also a Con Edison vehicle waiting on the Upper West Side block behind the firetrucks.