There are multiple reports of a white van on fire near the Flatiron building in
Some reports suggest the vehicle "exploded," but this is unconfirmed.
This video from Instagram user @ShannonAMay shows the scene:
Mashable's Jeremy Cabalona posted this Vine that shows firefighters on the scene:
Business Insider's own Pamela Engel is on the scene and sends this Vine. She says firefighters are giving away little information at present:
Here's some tweets from the scene:
Exploded van right outside my office building. Stay away from 23rd and 5th ave #flatiron pic.twitter.com/Df9mjtYcuK
— Masha D. Murakhovsky (@MashaDaniellePR) July 31, 2013
Huge fire in Flat Iron, white van up in blaze pic.twitter.com/fBTaNhwlcy
— Austin Carr (@AustinCarr) July 31, 2013
Smoke in #Flatiron after a truck caught fire. A cop told me "Is it really worth your safety to take photos?" #NYC pic.twitter.com/EiKwuRm4db
— Jeremy Cabalona (@jeremycabo) July 31, 2013
Anyone know what's going on at #Flatiron right now? #ny #nyc #fire pic.twitter.com/gsn7aHr38j
— Tessa Allison (@TessaAllison) July 31, 2013
We'll be updating this post as we find out more...