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A bystander shot video of the crane hitting a neighboring building before parts crashed to the street in Hell’s Kitchen.

Five alarm fire which means it is all hands on deck. right now we know those crews are working to assess the damage and debris left behind. again after a crane working on the construction of a 40-story building caught fire here in manhattan this morning. the fire causing the arm of the crane to collapse. we've been monitoring social media, videos this morning. one video shows the arm of the crane break off and hit a nearby building. officials say the crane operator tried to extinguish the fire but had to get out as the fire continued to burn. one of our fox news colleagues who doesn't live far...

A high-rise crane partially collapsed in New York's busy Midtown area of Manhattan on Wednesday, slamming into an adjacent building and sending concrete debris crashing to the street.In 2016, a crane collapsed in Lower Manhattan during wind gusts and falling snow, killing one person. pdh/bfm

Social media video shows the dramatic scene when the crane arm came down, crashing into a building across the street.

What those stories are. >> can we take any questions? [ inaudible question ] >> crane operator was operating the crane at that point and was lifting 16 tons of concrete, and that crane operator saw the fire started and tried to extinguish it. so we give a lot of credit to the crane operator, but the fire overwhelmed that operator and had to exit the crane. >> was he able to get out? is he safe? >> the crane operator was able to get out and is safe. [ inaudible question ] >> we're extinguishing it with hose lines. [ inaudible question ] >> with hand extinguishers.