Fire At Pier 97 In Manhattan

MYFOXNY.COM - More than 130 firefighters battled a three-alarm blaze at a sanitation garage on Pier 97 that shutdown the West Side highway. Three firefighters went to the hospital with minor injuries.

The fire began at around 3:30 p.m. on 57th street and 12th avenue. Black smoke could be seen from all around the city. The fire department says the blaze was still being brought under control more than 3 hours after it was first reported Saturday afternoon.

The blaze was on a sanitation pier. It began in trailers containing garbage, according to FDNY. Fire officials are checking the stability of the pier after wooden parts of the structure and trailers filled with garbage went up in flames.

At one point, the flames threatened to leap across to a pier owned by Con Edison that is located about 50 yards north of Pier 97 and is crisscrossed with dozens of elevated metal fuel lines.

There were no injuries related to the fire. Employee uniforms and personal belongings in lockers were lost because of the fire.

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