Macy's Fire Injures One At Flagship Midtown Store, FDNY Says

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — A fire broke out in the trash compactor on a basement level of Macy's Herald Square store Tuesday morning, an FDNY spokesman told Patch.

Firefighters reported that the fire was under control by 10:45 a.m., an FDNY spokesman said. At least one civilian suffered minor injuries during the fire response, the spokesman told Patch. A smoke condition was present on the second basement level of the building and smoke was been reported inside the elevators, an FDNY spokesman told Patch.

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Fire officials could not confirm that Macy's had been evacuated.

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