Hudson Yards fire: Black smoke fills New York sky as huge blaze roars on 44-floor building

The huge fire was spotted ripping through a skyscraper roof in the Hudson Yards area of New York City with emergency services arriving in a bid to extinguish the flames

A huge fire has ripped through a skyscraper roof in Manhattan, New York, with plumes of smoke being seen above the city.

The blaze was seen burning through a roof at the luxury The Set block of flats in the Hudson Yards neighbourhood today.

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