A pair of suspicious fires broke out on top of scaffolding around the Tracey Towers housing complex on Sunday afternoon.
The fires are currently being investigated by fire marshals. According to the FDNY, firefighters were first called to 20 W. Mosholu Parkway at 3:07 p.m., on Sunday, June 27. The blaze was brought under control a short time later with minimal damage.
The fire trucks were called back at 4:29 p.m. for a second fire that, again, was quickly brought under control. Calls to Tracey Towers’ onsite management office were not returned by press time. No injuries were reported.
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