Although NYC Department of Environmental Protection claims our air is the cleanest it's been in 50 years, many City Island residents smelled the smoke filled air as a result of a Yacht fire near pilot street.
FDNY units and firefighters were in abundance and the fire in the boatyard was quickly placed under control. Even after the fire was extinguished, fire trucks continued responding. Luckily there were no reported injuries.
City Islander Raymond Reyes Jr was kind enough to share after he took this video:
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