Seven people injured after fire breaks out in building next to News Corp
Seven people are injured after fire breaks out in hotel under construction next to News Corp building in Midtown Manhattan Fire broke out on 10th floor of 49-story tower at 145 West 47th Street It took 78 firefighters nearly an hour to put out flames Five people injured in the fire required hospitalization and two were treated at the scene Building is the site of future Hotel Riu Manhattan Plaza Times Square; it is located steps away from News Corp and Times Square
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Seven people were injured after a fire broke out inside a high-rise hotel being built just steps away from the News Corp headquarters in Midtown Manhattan on Monday.
The fire was reported just after 10.20am on the 10th floor of the 49-story tower at 145 West 47th Street, which is just a few blocks away from Rockefeller Center.
The under-construction building was to house the new Hotel Riu Manhattan Plaza Times Square.
A pillar of thick black smoke rises from an under-construction building in
