Manhattan apartment burns, $50,000 in damage reported

MANHATTAN (KSNT) - Firefighters in south Manhattan doused a fire at a local apartment building Monday morning which caused thousands of dollars in damages.

The Manhattan Fire Department (MFD) was called around 6:45 a.m. on July 1 to the 2500 block of Stagg Hill Road on a reported structure fire in progress. Firefighters arriving at the scene found a three-story apartment on fire with smoke coming from the top floor.

Firefighters put out the flames within 15 minutes. They...