The FDNY says this was a duct fire that happened while contractors did work in the hotel's second-floor kitchen.
Flames broke out inside a popular Midtown hotel early Friday morning.Firefighters were still working inside the hotel at 4:30 a.m. Friday, their trucks filling area. Central Park South was shut down until about 5 a.m.
It then spread to the third and fourth floors, but luckily, guests stay on higher floors at this hotel.Others say they were sleeping and someone woke them up, urging them to evacuate. Officials say the fire reportedly started in the kitchen on the second floor. Guests say the smell and smoke worsened as they came down to the lobby.Officials say no one was injured in the incident.
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