BREAKING: Newly Renovated Tiffany’s Building In US Catches Fire

BREAKING: Newly Renovated Tiffany’s Building In US Catches Fire

An underground transformer erupted beneath the iconic Tiffany & Co. building in Midtown Thursday morning – engulfing the outside of the structure in serious smoke.

Onyxnewsng gathered that the fire, which was caused by an electrical vault, broke out around 9:30 in the morning on Thursday 29th, causing heavy smoke surrounding the newly renovated building.

Tiffany building is located on Fifth Avenue near East 57th Street – located right next to Trump Tower, FDNY officials said.

“It was an underground transformer, either overheating or some type of electrical issue,” FDNY Battalion 8 Chief Richard Blasi told reporters in Midtown.

“It’s an outside transformer fire, which had nothing to do with the [Tiffany’s building]. It was isolated. All we had to do was stand by and make sure there was no extension until ConEd cut the power to it,” Blasi confirmed. Adding that no smoke entered the store – not even in the basement.

Firefighters evacuated about 100 people from the building as a precaution, with two suffering minor injuries during the process, Deputy Fire Chief Joseph Carlsen confirmed.