Fire crews in New York City rushed to the scene as a fire broke out at a high-rise building close to the start of the city’s St. Patrick’s Day parade.
Video shared online showed a tall plume of black smoke coming from the roof of a building at 6 East 43rd Street near the intersection of 5th Avenue and Madison Avenue. Footage showed the fire coming from a large air conditioning vent. Crews climbed to the roof to fight the blaze.