Manhattan, NY – A seven-alarm fire in the abandoned Deutsche Bank skyscraper at 130 Liberty Street and Greenwich Street sent a plume of gray smoke trailing above ground zero this afternoon as firetrucks and police cars raced through lower Manhattan to reach a building already decimated by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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Two firefighters were killed while batling the blaze that tore through several floors sending potentially toxic plumes of smoke over Lower Manhattan in a scene eerily reminiscent of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack.
The fire appeared to have started between the 14th and 15th floors and spread from there to other portions of the tower, which once stood 41 stories, including scaffolding propped against its side, fire officials said. [1010wins-VIN]