Parts of Manhattan covered in black smoke after apartment fire leads to massive emergency response

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The New York City Fire Department is responding to a roof fire at a seven-story Upper East Side apartment building on East 95th Street in Manhattan.

Over 100 personnel are on site for the blaze that was reported around 10 a.m. on Friday

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FDNY members are working to put out a three-alarm fire at 305 East 95th Street in Manhattan (FDNY)