Fire At Roosevelt Island Community Garden Friday Night - Shed Burns Down But No Injuries

 Area Of Roosevelt Island Garden Club Fire (Picture Taken On Saturday)

Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) reported at about 11:30 Friday night:

Due to FDNY activity adjacent to the Garden Club, RIOC bus service is delayed.

Sincerely,

Roosevelt Island Operating Corp Advisories Group

Resident Mark Lyon saw the FDNY vehicles and tweeted:

Almost a half dozen emergency vehicles near soccer field @rooseveltisland twitter.com/markhlyon/stat…
— Mark Lyon (@markhlyon) March 23, 2013

And just like that, they're gone. Weird. @markhlyon @rooseveltisland
— Mark Lyon (@markhlyon) March 23, 2013

I received this message from an Octagon resident yesterday:

There was a fire around 11pm last night at the roosevelt garden (11PMish) ; a pretty big fire actually. Eight fire trucks showed up and were able to extinguish the fire in under 10 minutes. I live in the Octagon and saw the entire incident from my bedroom window (I was too busy watching that I forgot to take pictures), I did go down and talk to a fire fighter and asked if they knew what caused it, they said they are still investigating. The area is currently taped off.

Another resident reports that the fire:

... burned one of the sheds to the ground, including many of the tools which have been donated to the garden by ... many ... long-term gardeners.

Nobody was reported injured.

UPDATE 3/25 - More turmoil at the Roosevelt Island Community Garden.

C. Grant shares these photos of the fire aftermath at the Community Garden.

UPDATE 3 PM - RIOC'S Press Spokesperson reports:

FDNY is handling the investigation. We are not aware of any injuries.