A fire engulfed Bryant Park’s holiday market in New York City on Friday morning.
The New York Post reported that the fire broke out at 9:20 a.m. local time.
The fire is believed to have begun at one booth but quickly spread to the surrounding stalls, according to The Independent.
"At about 9:23 this morning, we received a report of a fire in Bryant Park. Units arrived shortly thereafter and found a fire in the kiosk, approximately six feet by 40 feet long. We had a couple of separate occupancies inside that area. There was fire in there and throughout.… pic.twitter.com/Jfhcq0PrLT
— FDNY (@FDNY) December 27, 2024
Nobody has been reported injured.
The Fire Department's quick response
The fire was "approximately six feet by 40 feet long," said the New York City Fire Department (FDNY). FDNY Battalion Chief Joseph Castellano said: "Units then proceeded to stretch hand lines and extinguished the fire in a short amount of time. There was slight damage to the adjacent kiosk, and there was some heat impingement on the roof of the ice-skating rink behind the kiosk."
Fire erupts at Bryant Park’s holiday market in NYC https://t.co/vg9x9K1goy pic.twitter.com/hrd4bimtKo
— New York Post (@nypost) December 27, 2024
The Fire Department issued a follow-up statement, which concluded that the fire "was accidental, caused by cooking oil coming in contact with combustibles."
A Bryant Park spokesman told NBC New York that they're "grateful for the FDNY’s quick response to the incident that occurred earlier today."