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Fire tears through $500m newly refurbished Tiffany building on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue
- Smoke is billowing out of 727 Fifth Avenue – the Tiffany & Co. Landmark building
- The store reopened in April after a refurb that cost a reported $500million
A fire is torching through parts of the newly-refurbished Tiffany & Co. building on Manhattan’s iconic Fifth Avenue.
It remains unclear how the fire broke out or whether or not anyone has been injured.
Photos from the scene show crews of FDNY firefighters tackling the blaze.
Smoke was seen billowing out of a ground floor window from The Landmark store at 727 Fifth Avenue at around 10am on Thursday
Fire fighters tackle the blaze at the store on Fifth Avenue ad 57th Street
Smoke was seen billowing out of a ground floor window from The Landmark store at 727 Fifth Avenue at around 10am on Thursday.
The building was recently reopened following a lengthy and expensive refurbishment. Stars like Katy Perry, Hailey Bieber and Blake Lively attended its grand reopening in April.
The store is on a highly-prized corner of Manhattan shopping real estate – it shares the block with Trump Tower.
LVMH, the European luxury brand power house, bough Tiffany in 2021 for $16billion.
The renovations were estimated by some experts to have cost $500million.
Bernard Arnault, LVMH’s chairman and owner, would not confirm the figure earlier this year when interviewed about the opening.
Hailey Bieber with Tiffany CEO Anthony Ledru at the store’s grand reopening in April
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