Macy’s shoppers were forced to evacuate after a fire broke out under a store escalator in the Herald Square department store yesterday. Here are photos submitted by Post readers at the scene.
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Firefighters arrive at Macy’s to battle the blaze.
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The scene outside Macy’s in Manhattan’s Herald Square.
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At first, officials evacuated only the third and fourth floors, but they then emptied the entire store. It took 25 minutes for firefighters to get the blaze under control.
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Firefighters arrive at Macy’s Herald Square to put out a blaze that began under an escalator near the Broadway end of the building between the second and third floors as last-minute shoppers huddled around clearance racks and checkout counters.
