Early Morning Fire Today At Roosevelt Landings On Roosevelt Island - 78 FDNY And EMS Personnel On Scene, Cause Under Investigation By FDNY Fire Marshals

Roosevelt Island Tipsters share videos and report a fire earlier this morning at the Roosevelt Landing apartment building.

I asked the FDNY:

There was a fire this morning 12/22, about 7 am at 510-540 Main Street on Roosevelt Island.

Do you have any info on what happened? Were there any injuries or damage?

A FDNY spokesperson answered:

510 Main Street South of Roosevelt Island Tram

Call received @ 0627 hrs.

Report of a fire in a multiple dwelling

Fire on the 7th floor of a 100’ x 300’ – 19 story building 20 units

78 Fire and EMS Personnel on scene

1 Firefighter transported to a local area hospital

Fire under control @ 0717 hrs.

Fire cause under investigation by FDNY Fire Marshals

View of the apartment window after fire put out by FDNY. 

Though not confirmed as the cause of fire, concerns were raised by some Roosevelt Landings residents that space heaters used by many in the building to keep warm could be the cause of the fire.

UPDATE 8:30 PM - Among the comments on Roosevelt Islander Instagram post:

• This is the 2nd fire in a week, my theory is the point of ignition is one of the building installed electric radiators (not a space heater as mentioned on the blog). The building heaters get hot enough to melt electrical cables, and the fire this morning appeared to be located right beneath the a/c unit in the window, where the building installed electric radiator is located. Just a theory, and thought.
• I heard this was the exact cause
• I can confirm that the radiators get very hot and I’m worried about the cables overheating/melting too. I moved some of my cables around last night exactly because of that,...
• this is exactly why I turn my heat off when I leave the apartment and when I sleep at night (sleep with lots of extra blankets and warm clothes)- don’t want to risk it because I know the heaters spark and melt wires.