BREAKING: NYC Crane fire and collapse in the heart of Manhattan | LiveNOW from FOX

this breaking news story that we’re following. the pretty crazy visuals Here, video that we’re getting in. This is a crane fire. That is maybe partially collapsed. We are working to get that confirmed. What you can see fire Crews there in New York City. This is in the heart of Manhattan As a matter of fact, they’re trying to put this fire out from quite some distance, kind of an acrobatic feet here of sorts You can see that they’re across the street there at another building actually trying to hit that fire. with the fire hoses from that

distance and it looks like it looks like as I’m kind of looking in here. Here, that fire appears to be way less than it was just a bit was just a bit ago, so it looks like they’re starting to get that under control. And here, Ion the screen for you so you can kind of get a different View. We do have due to different camera angles on this right now. so you can see a close-up one there, Then of course you can see the one trying to hit that from across the street. So we’ve been

staying in touch with our friends over at Fox News Channel, reporting Partners there and Fox5 New York and here’s some of the information that we do have at this point, some of it. it’s pretty early on. So it’s a

little sparse. but here’s what we know. New York City authorities are warning the public to avoid an area of Manhattan. this morning as as users on social. Dia are sharing videos and images kind of like you’re seeing on your screen there. of a construction crane on fire, They expect emergency Personnel near 10th Avenue between West 41st

Street and West 42nd Street in Manhattan. use alternate routes, that’s from the city’s official emergency. notification system, They put that out, actually in a tweet Fox News digital, They’ve a reach out to the New York City, Fire Department. get the latest information Straight From the Source haven’t got that yet and the source of the fire is not immediately clear And you can see the firefighters still very busy trying to put out that Blaze. And also, there was some video, making its way around on Twitter. not hasn’t got confirmed yet. So we’re working on that. But

it shows the arm of the crane allegedly shows the arm of the crane attached to a building actually breaking off and then hitting another building across the street. and sending debris. just falling It To The Ground, the arm it didn’t play. It’s to the ground and the loud noise could be heard while people are seen running away from the scene, so a very chaotic situation there, as you can see on your screen, a pretty wild. This is in the middle of Manhattan. but the good news and I can tell you we’ve been watching the scene

for quite some time. These live looks right now in Manhattan, the Flames were a lot bigger. Just not that long ago, It does look like if they are dissipating a little bit but the big concern here, is anything else collapsing or falling to the ground? That’s obviously going to be a very dangerous situation. in the heart of Manhattan. Like I always say, we’ll stay on, top of it. Will bring you any new details as those do become available.