Fire breaks out at Tiffany & Co.’s flagship NYC store
Fire officials said an underground transformer caught fire on Thursday morning.
Top Tiffany & Co. in Manhattan caught fire on Thursday, months after the renovated jewelry store reopened, the New York City Fire Department said.
An underground transformer caught fire on Thursday morning, engulfing the store’s iconic Midtown building in gray smoke.
The FDNY said no smoke entered the newly refurbished Tiffany’s store.
The store reopened in April after renovations took more than three years to complete, according to a company Notification and a government to apply.
Con Edison employees work after a fire at the recently renovated Tiffany flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York City, June 29, 2023.
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The fire department said the call came at 9:38 a.m., before the store opened at 10 a.m., about a fire in the electrical cellar.
Two people suffered minor injuries, officials said. Nearly 100 people were evacuated from the building on Fifth Avenue.
ConEd is currently repairing subway equipment.
New York City firefighters put out a fire at Tiffany & Co’s iconic jewelry store in New York, on June 29, 2023.
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Tiffany’s did not immediately respond to ABC News’ request for comment.
Tiffany’s April press release commemorating the renovated store called it “one of the biggest stores in Manhattan.”
The cost of the renovation was not immediately available but in its 2020 financial filing, the company said it would need a “significant capital investment”.
The filing says flagship store sales accounted for less than 10% of worldwide sales in each of the three years prior to 2020.
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