Midtown Fire: Blaze Breaks Out In Whitby Hotel, FDNY Says

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — A fire broke out in the posh Whitby Hotel in Midtown Manhattan on Monday afternoon, an FDNY spokesman said.

Firefighters responded to the hotel — located on West 56th Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues — shortly before 1 p.m., an FDNY spokesman said. The fire broke out on the hotel's third floor, an FDNY spokesman said.

No injuries have been reported, an FDNY spokesman said.

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