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FDNY: One World Trade Center Is Not On Fire, Despite Social Media Worries

February 9, 2016 8:19 PM

Filed Under: FDNY, World Trade Center

(credit: @izzycaroline/Twitter)

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Many New Yorkers took to taking to social media believing that One World Trade Center was on fire, but that was not the case at all.

Pictures and video posted to Twitter show what appears to be smoke emanating from the top of the skyscraper.

However, the FDNY said there is no fire.

“We can confirm that there is no fire to report at the WTC,” the FDNY tweeted.

We can confirm that there is no fire to report at the WTC https://t.co/FYhvxuh5j8

— FDNY (@FDNY) February 9, 2016

CBS2’s Jessica Schneider reported that the photos looked like steam coming off of WTC.

Despite the confirmation from the Fire Department, some still insisted that they were right about the fire.

I just called @FDNY and they confirmed: There is no fire at One World Trade Center, despite "unsound" reports to the contrary.

— Keegan Hamilton (@keegan_hamilton) February 10, 2016

Per @FDNY: #WTC not, repeat NOT on fire: it's steam/lighting. Looks like this right now: pic.twitter.com/zQINKvoC9h

— Lila Kerns (@GoofyFoot70) February 10, 2016

Apparently the @FreedomTowerNY seems to be on fire but @FDNY said its not…sure looks like fire pic.twitter.com/BWD4SD1uqq

— Tony Colasurdo (@Tony_Colasurdo) February 10, 2016

We're watching the #freedomtower on fire from Al Jazeera's roof cam in midtown, yet FDNY and others keep saying nothing's happening — weird

— Renee Lewis (@renee5lewis55) February 10, 2016

@FDNY @mattbreitel uh I'm looking at a huge fire at the top by the antennas

— CLINT (@CLINT) February 10, 2016

@FDNY @mattbreitel looking at it from my apartment right now, definitely a lot of smoke rising from the top…

— A. Sason (@ADSason) February 10, 2016

@mattbreitel @FDNY It's steam from equipment on the roof being cooled very quickly. Probably forming snow like in those videos w/ hot water

— Dave Kaps (@DaveKaps) February 10, 2016

Per @FDNY, there's no fire. The WTC still looks like this though. pic.twitter.com/eTdbDNpwa5

— Kevin Gisi (@cheerskevin) February 10, 2016