Smoke from a construction crane fire in the Manhattan skyline seen from Weehawken, New Jersey, US, on Wednesday, July 26, 2023. A construction crane caught fire and collapsed in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning, damaging a residential building across the street and injuring six people, according to the New York Fire Department. Credit: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Smoke from a construction crane fire in the Manhattan skyline seen from Weehawken, New Jersey, on Wednesday, July 26, 2023. Credit: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

Fire broke out on the machine deck of a tower crane in Midtown Manhattan on July 26, 2023, as it was hoisting 16 tons of concrete up to the 36th floor of a tower development project. While the operator attempted to put out the blaze with a handheld fire extinguisher, the flames proved too much and eventually caused the boom fully collapsed and detached, striking an adjacent building as it fell alongside glass shards and concrete onto the street below, according to the New York City Mayor's Office.

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