Smoke rose over the rooftops of Hell’s Kitchen this afternoon after a fire broke out at a fine art storage facility on W49th Street.
FDNY responded at 4:14pm this afternoon (Saturday) after a fire alarm was activated at the premises of Morgan & Brother Storage Company at 449 W49th Street (between 9/10th Avenue).
Officials say that firefighters arrived and found a fire on the first floor of the commercial building. There were 12 FDNY units in attendance and 60 fire and EMS personnel on the scene.
There was one minor injury to a firefighter, and crews took a couple of hours to check through each floor of the storage facility, where there appeared to be extensive smoke from the fire.
Officials said that the incident is under investigation by FDNY Fire Marshalls…