I left my office on Tuesday afternoon, completely oblivious of what was going on the street. I came out of my office building to see many fire engines, news vans, ambulances, firefighters and paramedics. I found out that there were some manhole explosions earlier, and basement fires that affected several building on Broadway between W51st and W53rd streets.
I took my camera out and started to document the event, along with the dozens of tourists in the area, and one pro photographer (there could’ve been more, but I only noticed one). The incident started around 5PM, and when I came out things settled down a bit.
Due to the carbon monoxide emissions (which lingered for hours), there were injured firefighters. (I tried to avoid a too graphic content).
Since I do not have a press pass, I had to watch from the side. In the picture below, tourists were evacuated from a hotel, before they got to check in.
I saw this fire truck getting water from a hydrant, and I thought it would make an interesting photo:
Firefighters cordoned off 3 blocks on Broadway, and closed 3 streets.
I was always curious about firetrucks and this time I had a chance to see the side panel that controls the water pumps.
Tourists never miss an opportunity to take an out-of-the-ordinary picture, sometimes they can go a bit too far (IMHO)
The rest of the pics are on Flickr or Picasa. Please see below the ABC news coverage of this incident.
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