NYC fire marshals are looking into the cause of a 2-alarm apartment fire in the luxury Sherry-Netherland Hotel in Manhattan, hours after owner's arrest.
at Fifth Avenue and 57th Street, with a view of Central Park. He paid $67.5 million for it, according to court documents.
Celebrities ranging from the actor Michael Caine to pop superstar Jessica Simpson have been photographed there as well. On April 14, 1927, while under construction, a fire broke out on wooden scaffolding on the building's exterior – Three years later, also on the 18th floor, a discarded cigarette butt was blamed for igniting another blaze, which damaged an apartment there.
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