![]() The crane operator attempted to extinguish the fire. An hydraulic oil leak close to the hot diesel engine has been suggested as a possible cause of the fire but nothing has been confirmed. ![]() Local news reports said the fire started in the crane’s engine compartment, on the machinery deck behind the operator’s cabin. Minor injuries were reported, to around a dozen people.Īround 07.30 on 26 July a fire was reported on a large diesel hydraulic luffing jib tower crane working on the construction of a 47 storey mixed use tower, 550 10th Avenue, at the junction with West 41st Street, in the Hell’s Kitchen area of Manhattan, near the Lincoln Tunnel. ![]() Multiple reports have come in of a tower crane in New York City, USA, catching fire and dropping its boom into the street below. ![]()
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