An underground transformer erupted beneath the iconic Tiffany’s building in Midtown Thursday morning – engulfing the outside of the structure in thick gray smoke.
The blaze, which stemmed from an electrical vault, broke out around 9:30 a.m. – causing plumes of heavy smoke to surround the newly refurbished building on Fifth Avenue near East 57th Street – located right next to Trump Tower, FDNY officials said.
“It was an underground transformer, either overheating or some type of electrical issue,” FDNY Battalion 8 Chief Richard Blasi told reporters in Midtown.
“It’s an outside transformer fire, which had nothing to do with the [Tiffany’s building]. It was isolated. All we had to do was stand by and make sure there was no extension until ConEd cut the power to it.”
Two people were taken to local hospitals, officials said. Their conditions were not immediately known.
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