It’s a real tourist hot spot! Smoke billows from the South Street Seaport today, in a three-alarm fire that broke out beneath a pier just as a music festival was being held at the visitor-friendly landmark in lower Manhattan.
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Flames are seen on the ground floor wooden deck of Pier 17 by Fulton street in lower Manhattan.
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A FDNY boat helps combat the blaze, which broke out on the southeast corner of Pier 17.
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Eerie: A large amount of smoke billows from the Seaport.
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The fire broke out as hundreds of people jammed the Seaport, a greater-than-normal crowd drawn by the 4Knots Music Festival.
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An emergency responder watches the smoke rise as the fire as water is used to douse the flames on the other side of the pier.
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Firefighters next to a destroyed vending machine as they battle the fire.
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An ambulance stands at the ready as firefighters battle the blaze. No injuries were reported, and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
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