WATCH: Water gushes from Manhattan high-rise – NBC New York
Water was seen pouring from the side of a Manhattan high-rise Thursday.
The FDNY said it got a call around 12:15 p.m. about a water leak from a building on Eighth Avenue and West 42nd Street. Video posted to the Citizen app shows what looked like a geyser erupting from the side of the building.
No injuries were immediately reported.
The water had stopped flowing by the time News 4 cameras got to the scene around 12:30 p.m.
The Department of Buildings says it was not called to the scene.
A spokesperson for the building’s developer tells NBC New York the DOB was already on scene as part of routine testing.
It turns out the scene was nothing more than a fire pump test being done and the area on the ground was cordoned off from people.
