The Fire Next Door

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Fire Breaks Out Next Door to Anderson Cooper's Firehouse

December 2, 2010 -- 10:39 am
Updated December 2, 2010 -- 11:52 am

Anderson Cooper's renovated firehouse apartment wasn't much use to his new neighbors when their building caught fire.


By Olivia Scheck
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

MANHATTAN — Firefighters didn't get any help from Anderson Cooper putting out a fire that broke out in a Greenwich Village apartment Thursday morning next door to a firehouse owned by the CNN anchor.

The fire erupted on the top floor of a five-story walk-up at 86 West 3rd Street, adjacent to the firehouse that the famed CNN anchor is currently renovating into a swanky abode complete with fire poles.

Firefighters made it to the scene quickly despite not having the use of the firehouse next door, which was purchased by Cooper late last year for $4.3 million after being abandoned in 2006.

The FDNY was alerted about the fire at 4:17 a.m. and firefighters from Engine 24 and Ladder 5, located on the corner of Houston Street and Avenue of the Americas, arrived at the scene just thee minutes later, according to fire officials.

The fire was out by 4:45 a.m., an FDNY spokesman said.

No one was injured in the fire, though three windows were blown out and replaced with plastic sheets. Shattered glass littered the sidewalk below in front of the popular Italian eatery Il Mulino, which occupies the ground floor of the apartment building where the fire broke out.

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