83-85 Elizabeth Street is on Fire
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Elizabeth Street in Chinatown is enveloped in a plume of smoke. Firefighters from nearby stations are battling the blaze inside the tenement at number 83-85.
No word on cause at the moment, but this shit is still smoldering.
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