Police and firefighters inspect Zuccotti Park for generators and gasoline Friday morning. (Laura Cavanaugh)
FDNY firefighters moved into the Occupy Wall Street camp at Zuccotti Park this morning for a safety inspection and ended up hauling out six generators and 13 fuel containers.
A department spokesman said the firefighters were looking for fire hazards in the encampment.
Firefighters were looking for open fires, generators, propane and gas tanks and anything that may pose a fire hazard, he said.
The agency said it’s looking for any unauthorized use that falls outside the guidelines of the city’s fire codes.
Firefighters took generators from the medical tent and press information area, among other areas.
“We did send 30 or 40 firefighters through the park,” Mayor Bloomberg said this morning on his WOR-AM. “It happened the way you would expect.”
The mayor said the goal was “just to make sure everybody’s safe.”
The protesters seemed unworried about the loss of the generators.
“I lived in Alaska and worked on a fishing boat — this is nothing,” said Robert Marshall, 31. “We’re survivors.”
With AP