A major four-alarm fire erupted Monday morning in a six-story residential building at 201 West 107th Street on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, injuring four people and forcing dozens of residents into freezing temperatures.
The FDNY received the first call at approximately 8:20 a.m. Flames broke out on the top floor of the non-fireproof building and quickly spread through the cockloft and roof. Part of the structure collapsed, sending burning debris onto the sidewalk below.
More than 140 firefighters from 40 units responded. The blaze was escalated to a fourth alarm by 9:15 a.m. and brought under control shortly before 11:30 a.m.
