4 firefighters injured battling blaze at Manhattan apartment building

ByEyewitness News WABC logo
Thursday, September 1, 2022
Firefighters battling blaze at 6-story apartment building in Manhattan
Shannon Sohn is in Newscopter 7 over a two-alarm fire at an apartment building in SoHo, Manhattan.

SOHO, Manhattan (WABC) -- Firefighters are battling a blaze that broke out at an apartment building in Manhattan Thursday afternoon.

Newscopter 7 was above the scene and captured smoke billowing from the six-story apartment building located at 105 Wooster Street near Prince Street in SoHo.

The two-alarm fire started in an apartment on the sixth floor around 4:30 p.m. and quickly spread to the roof.

Over 100 firefighters and 25 units responded to the fire.

All visible fire has been extinguished, but units are still operating at the scene.

Four firefighters were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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