A person was discovered on fireplace at Penn Station in New York Metropolis Friday night. The reason for the incident is beneath investigation, although it has been reported as intentional.
That is the second time this week an individual was discovered on fireplace within the New York Metropolis transit system. Sunday morning, a woman was set on fire and killed on a subway prepare by an alleged unlawful alien from Guatemala.
The New York Times reported on statements by officers about Friday’s incident at Penn Station (excerpt):
A person was discovered with burns on his physique at Penn Station in New York on Friday night and was transported to a hospital, the place he was in steady situation, fireplace and police officers stated.
Fireplace officers responded to a report at about 8 p.m. {that a} man who was on the prepare station in Manhattan had sustained burns, the New York Fireplace Division stated in a press release.
A 56-year-old man was transported to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Heart, the New York Police Division stated in a press release. It was not clear if the authorities knew the person’s id.
A fireplace division spokesman stated in a telephone interview on Friday night time that the burns had been critical however not life-threatening when the person was being transported. A police spokesman stated that the person was in steady situation on the hospital on Friday night time.
A bystander posted a photographs from the scene:
Whats occurring in #NYC
Fireplace vans at each subway entrance pic.twitter.com/5rkoSpmW6V— Rebecca Elizabeth (@Rebecca13288921) December 28, 2024
One other individual set on fireplace #Penn Station #NYC keep away from this mess! pic.twitter.com/IYolgY065g
— Rebecca Elizabeth (@Rebecca13288921) December 28, 2024
Nonetheless right here pic.twitter.com/xLom7obvfW
— Rebecca Elizabeth (@Rebecca13288921) December 28, 2024
Earlier Friday, a fire that destroyed the holiday market at Bryant Park within the Metropolis was dominated unintentional by the FDNY:
Per #FDNY Fireplace Marshals, Friday morning’s fireplace in Bryant Park was unintentional, attributable to cooking oil coming involved with combustibles. https://t.co/wbKsIuCre7
— FDNY (@FDNY) December 27, 2024
