NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) -- The FDNY is responding to a fire on the roof of an office building in Midtown Manhattan, causing smoke to billow into the air just blocks from the city’s St. Patrick’s Day parade.
The “all hands fire” is located at 6 East 43rd Street between Madison Avenue and Fifth Avenue, according to the FDNY.
The city’s emergency management system warned residents to expect traffic delays, road closures, mass transit disruptions and emergency personnel in the area in response, according to a social media post.
The address is the location of a 28-floor office building previously home to Emigrant Bank. It’s owner Vanbarton Group, plans to convert the building into apartments. A spokesperson for Vanbarton did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
The 265th New York City Saint Patrick’s Day Parade was expected at 11 a.m. The celebration, which runs along Fifth Avenue, is heralded as the oldest and largest St. Patrick’s Day parade in the world, with roughly 150,000 marchers and more than 2 million spectators, according to the parade’s website.
This year’s event is being marshalled by Robert James “Bob” McCann, a long-time finance leader who has worked for UBS and Merrill Lynch.
— With assistance from Natalie Wong
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