Fire breaks out in Manhattan dry cleaning business, smoke spreads through building

Wednesday, November 7, 2018
UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- Investigators are looking to determine what started a fire that tore through a building in Manhattan Wednesday morning.

The blaze appeared to start around 6:30 a.m. inside a dry cleaners on East 72nd Street and Second Avenue on the Upper East Side.
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Smoke from the fire spread to the apartment building above the business.

Luckily, no injuries were reported.

Second Avenue was closed between 72nd and 73rd streets.
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The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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