Sat Jul 14, 2012 10:16pm EDT
(Reuters) - A spice broke out at the New York pier popular along with consumers and holidaymakers on Saturday, submitting major light up aloft more than Manhattan prior to firefighters put out the particular blaze without injuries, a new fire official said.
The root of the particular spice at Pier seventeen while in the South Street Seaport, which usually hosted a audio festival on Saturday, is underneath investigation, a spokesman regarding the New York Fire Department said.
It burned an area involving real wood planks along with system covering up about 100 feet by simply 100 feet, along with seemed to be extinguished in just over a couple of hours as well as a one half not having eradicating any stores, he said. A total involving about 140 firefighters replied to the particular incident.
The Howard Hughes Co, which often works your seaport, stated it'd work along with experts in their probe, incorporating of which enough firefighters as well as court arrest have been around due to festivities, which were given the all-clear to continue.
"The security plus security of prospects towards Seaport are constantly with the greatest importance, and luckliy there have been not any incidents in this incident," Michael Piazzola, senior normal manager on the Howard Hughes Co, said within a statement.
(Reporting By Alex Dobuzinskis ; Editing by way of Cynthia Johnston and also )
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