Fire Overnight In Albemarle Road Apartment Building

Fire on E 18th/Albemarle by ProfFerguson on Twitter

A fire broke out on the third floor of the 6-story apartment building at 1809 Albemarle Road at E 18th Street at about 12:30am on Friday.  A spokesman for the FDNY tells us that the fire was brought under control at 12:53am, and that thankfully no injuries were reported. They say the cause of the fire is currently under investigation.

(Updated 2:20pm to add the photo above by Kevin L. Ferguson.)

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Neighbor Andrew Lowden shared the photo above showing the response by FDNY — he notes there were eight trucks on the scene.

Fire on E 18th, via equilibriumgirl on Twitter

Neighbor equilibriumgirl shared this photo of the building from this morning. Our thoughts go out to our neighbors who were affected by the fire.