{"id":1983614,"date":"2023-07-26T19:46:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T23:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-crane-collapses-falls-on-busy-nyc-streets-during-building-fire-nearly-a-dozen-injured\/"},"modified":"2023-07-26T19:48:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T23:48:56","slug":"video-crane-collapses-falls-on-busy-nyc-streets-during-building-fire-nearly-a-dozen-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-crane-collapses-falls-on-busy-nyc-streets-during-building-fire-nearly-a-dozen-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"Crane falls on NYC streets during building fire, injuring many."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fvideo-crane-collapses-falls-on-busy-nyc-streets-during-building-fire-nearly-a-dozen-injured%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=1983614&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--><h2>A Terrifying Scene: Crane Fire and Partial Collapse in Midtown Manhattan<\/h2>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/armed-pregnant-woman-and-husband-open-fire-on-suspects-in-gas-station-shootout\/\" title=\"Pregnant woman and husband shoot at suspects in gas station shootout.\">heart-stopping incident<\/a> that unfolded \u2062in midtown Manhattan, \u200ca\u200d construction crane\u2062 caught fire and partially collapsed, sending tons of\u200d concrete \u200cand steel crashing down 45 stories to the street below.<\/p>\n<p>According to WCBS-TV, two firefighters\u2062 and nine others sustained non<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/off-duty-austin-police-officer-forced-to-confront-armed-suspect\/\" title=\"Off-duty Austin police officer forced to confront armed suspect\">-life-threatening injuries<\/a> during the incident. The fire started around 7:30 a.m. in the neighborhood known as Hell&#8217;s Kitchen, on 10th Avenue between West 41st and 42nd streets.<\/p>\n<h3>A Precarious Situation<\/h3>\n<p>First Deputy Commissioner Joseph W. Pfeifer described the dangerous \u200csituation that quickly\u2063 developed. He explained, &#8220;There&#8217;s a beam that\u200c goes \u200dout,\u2064 and that&#8217;s carrying\u200d the weight of concrete. \u2064And that weight\u200b of \u200b16 tons \u2064is attached by a cable. As the fire heats the cable, the\u2063 cable weakens to\u2062 a \u2062point where it loses its \u200cstrength, and that&#8217;s when the\u2063 collapse occurred.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\">\n<\/div>\n<p>The arm of the crane swung like a pendulum \u200das it gave way, smashing into a building across the \u2062street before plummeting down to\u2062 the street. The dramatic scene was captured \u200cby some early morning passers-by on their cellphones.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Just watched a\u200b crane fall and pummel a\u200b building on the other side of the block! #nyc #fire <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YFyaurRglN\">pic.twitter.com\/YFyaurRglN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jimmy  \u2063(@jimmy_farring) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimmy_farring\/status\/1684168538104410113?\">July 26,\u2063 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-crane-collapses-falls-on-busy-nyc-streets-during-building-fire-nearly-a-dozen-injured\/\" title=\"Crane falls on NYC streets during building fire, injuring many.\">crane operator initially \u2064attempted<\/a> to extinguish the fire but eventually had to flee, according to\u2064 officials. Over 200 firefighters responded \u2062to the blaze, fighting it with\u2063 hoses from adjacent \u2064tall \u200cbuildings, as shown \u2063in news footage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As you can see from the debris on the\u200c street, this \u2062could \u2064have been much worse,&#8221; said Mayor Eric Adams.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses\u200b reported\u200d that two workers ran out into \u2064the street\u2062 and stopped traffic\u200d just before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/1-dead-another-injured-after-crane-tips-over-in-philadelphia\/\" title=\"1 dead, another injured after crane tips over in Philadelphia\">crane fell<\/a>, likely averting serious\u2064 injuries or deaths, as \u2062reported by WABC-TV&#8217;s Janice Yu.<\/p>\n<p>The crane involved in the incident was owned by \u200cthe New York\u200c Crane &#038; Equipment Corp, a company that has faced previous crane problems\u2062 and criminal charges. The company did not\u200b provide a\u200d comment on the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities\u2062 will be \u2062examining the structural integrity of both\u2064 the building under construction and the building hit by the swinging crane arm, according to a building commissioner interviewed by WCBS.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video below to witness the \u200bterrifying moment of the\u2064 crane collapse:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-crane-collapses-falls-busy-nyc-streets-building-fire-nearly-dozen-injured\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Video: Crane \u2062Collapses, \u2064Falls on Busy NYC Streets During Building Fire, Nearly a Dozen Injured<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The\u2062 Western Journal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A construction crane in midtown Manhattan caught fire and partially collapsed, causing tons of debris to fall 45 stories to the street below. WCBS-TV reported that two firefighters and nine others suffered non-life-threatening injuries. 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