one fire Outbreak at the Eugene O’Neill Theater broadway Monday morning on the set of the hit production “The Book of Mormon,” the FDNY reported.
More than 60 FDNY units and nearly 200 first responders arrived at the historic location on West 49th Street around 10 a.m. to put out a three-alarm fire. city centeraccording to a fire department spokesman.
There have been no reports of casualties and efforts to control the fire are still ongoing.
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Video of Eugene O’Neill Theater fire surfaces, cause still unclear
Video of the Eugene O’Neill Theater fire captured from the street shows firefighters using tower ladders to reach the roof as smoke continued to billow from the building.
Firefighters worked to contain the blaze from above while overcoming the difficulties of working inside a 125-by-100-foot, six-story building on Broadway. Located on Broadway, the building is more than a century old.
The cause of the roof fire had not been officially verified as of the time of the initial report, and authorities did not immediately disclose details about the extent of the structural damage.
Eugene O’Neill Theater fire: Visitors provide details
The theater has been presenting “The Book of Mormon” since 2011, but no performances are scheduled for Monday.
“There was just a lot of smoke coming out of the top and we were asked to leave the hotel. Hopefully no one was inside,” tourist Matt Oakley, who lives nearby, told CBS 2.
Another tourist, Krissy Giffin, told PIX 11 she was advised to evacuate her hotel near the fire.
“I put on my clothes and ran down the stairs,” she said.
