Volume 77 / Number 47 - April 23 - 29, 2008
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Villager photo by David McCabe

Cool rooftop setting gets way too hot on Hudson St.

Last Friday evening firefighters responded in force to 632 Hudson St. between Horatio and Jane Sts. after a raging fire broke out atop the building. Tim Heaton, a Fire Department spokesperson, said the blaze was called in at 5:30 p.m. and was an “all-hands fire,” to which 12 trucks and 60 firefighters responded. Heaton said the flames, which began in the roof decking under a gazebo, were brought under control by 6:09 p.m. He said fire marshals are still investigating the cause but that it is not deemed suspicious. The rooftop is used as an event space.