{"id":1098098,"date":"2021-12-08T10:43:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T15:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1098098"},"modified":"2021-12-08T10:43:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T15:43:34","slug":"watch-fox-news-christmas-tree-sent-up-in-flames-in-midtown-manhattan-suspect-in-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-fox-news-christmas-tree-sent-up-in-flames-in-midtown-manhattan-suspect-in-custody\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Fox News Christmas Tree Sent up in Flames in Midtown Manhattan; Suspect in Custody"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-fox-news-christmas-tree-sent-up-in-flames-in-midtown-manhattan-suspect-in-custody%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1098098&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/christmas-tree-afire-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Fox News\u2019s 50-foot-tall \u201cAll-American\u201d Christmas Tree went up in flames in Midtown Manhattan early Wednesday morning and 49-year-old suspect Craig Tamanaha has been <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/fox-news-christmas-tree-on-fire-tyrus-nypd-new-york\/11310845\/\">taken<\/a> into custody, ABC 7 reports.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.6338028169014\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Christmas tree outside of Fox News has caught on fire. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/No7SVK0JeF\">pic.twitter.com\/No7SVK0JeF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamParkhomenko\/status\/1468467017162399745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The tree, located on Sixth Avenue, went up in flames around 12:15 a.m. Wednesday, ABC 7 reports. The heavy blaze spread to smaller trees in the vicinity.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is the Fox Square in New York, outside of Fox headquarters,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1468456579741765633\">said<\/a> Fox News host Shannon Bream at 12:25 a.m. \u201cIt appears that our giant Christmas Tree there, just a couple of minutes ago, was completely engulfed in flames.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.2181818181818\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShannonBream?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ShannonBream<\/a> announces on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foxnewsnight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FoxNewsNight<\/a> that Fox News&#8217;s Christmas tree has caught fire outside their HQ on the Avenue of the Americas. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ah0OUfTrlE\">pic.twitter.com\/Ah0OUfTrlE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1468452690627907585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>New York City Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire. Police say it is unclear whether or not an accelerant was used to enhance the fire\u2019s spread, Fox News reports.<\/p>\n<p>ABC 7 reports that security saw 49-year-old Craig Tamanaha, a homeless man with a last known address of Brooklyn, climbing the tree and notified officers in Rockefeller Center. He was promptly arrested, and authorities discovered a Tamanaha had a lighter in his possession, the outlet reports.<\/p>\n<p>Police say a motive has not yet come to light, though it appears the man acted alone, ABC 7 reports.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.8882978723404\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Man in Custody After Allegedly Lighting Christmas Tree Outside Fox News Building on Fire <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QYD5y12paV\">https:\/\/t.co\/QYD5y12paV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dk2tRPxLv0\">pic.twitter.com\/dk2tRPxLv0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanhannity\/status\/1468550962226909189?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He faces charges of \u201ccriminal mischief, reckless endangerment, arson, criminal nuisance, endangering others, criminal trespass, criminal tampering, and disorderly conduct\u201d and is due in court later Wednesday, according to ABC 7.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Tamanaha has three prior arrests, one for public intoxication and two for drug possession.<\/p>\n<p>The blaze <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foxnation\/status\/1466501172378935307\">comes<\/a> days after the December 1 tree lighting and Fox\u2019s coverage of the lighting ceremony, which aired Sunday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.7930029154519\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A few more snapshots from last night&#8217;s Fox Christmas tree lighting! We have a BIG special debuting on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FoxNews<\/a> this Sunday at 10p ET, where you can watch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abbyhornacek?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@abbyhornacek<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LawrenceBJones3?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LawrenceBJones3<\/a> light up our beautiful tree and so much more. Don&#8217;t miss it! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AllAmericanChristmas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AllAmericanChristmas<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fk7IEyCJzF\">pic.twitter.com\/fk7IEyCJzF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fox Nation (@foxnation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foxnation\/status\/1466501172378935307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The 50-foot-tall tree <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/fox-square-christmas-tree-fire-suspect-arrested\">boasted<\/a> 100,000 lights, 10,000 glass ornaments and took workers 21-hours to assemble, Fox News reports. The outlet states \u201cCrews will rebuild the tree this month.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe holiday display is set up in what News Corporation calls Fox Square outside its headquarters, which houses Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post,\u201d ABC 7 reports.<\/p>\n<p>New York City Police Department Detective Adam Navarro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/12\/08\/nyregion\/fox-christmas-tree-fire.html\">told<\/a> the <em>New York Times<\/em>&nbsp;no one was injured in the arson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News\u2019s 50-foot-tall \u201cAll-American\u201d Christmas Tree went up in flames in Midtown Manhattan early Wednesday morning and 49-year-old suspect Craig Tamanaha has been taken into custody, ABC 7 reports. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1098098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1098098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1098098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1098098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1098098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1098098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1098098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}