the heart of manhattan. officials say the fire started in the engine compartment of that crane around 7:30 a.m. the operator trying to put it out with a fire extinguisher before escaping. amanda drewes and alex were in their apartment when that crane smashed into their window. i heard the like the big explosion and then something falling. and then all three, when my window panes, like, flew in my face and tonight, abc news learning the company that owned the crane from today s incident, was also involved in two deadly crane collapses back in 2008. the company has not responded to a request for comment. david still an active scene tonight. crews cleaning up behind me and a preliminary investigation finding that the fire on that crane was sparked by a leak of hydraulic fluid. david, just a miracle that no one was more seriously hurt there. erielle reshef tonight. ariel, thank you. we turn now to the alarming scene on capitol hill. late today, senate minority leader mitch
firefighters, suffered minor injuries. [crash] reporter: a massive construction crane carrying 16 tons of concrete came crashing down 45 stories onto one of midtown manhattan s busiest streets during the morning rush. i hear boom, boom, boom, so now i am like, go, get out of the building right now. reporter: video shows flames bursting from the crane high above. mayor eric adams said the situation could have been far worse. not only the boom fall into the street, but all of that concrete could have struck civilians. reporter: authorities are investigating what started the fire in the crane s engine compartment in the early morning hours. that crane operator saw that the fire started and tried to extinguish it. so we give a lot of credit. reporter: more than 100 people were evacuated nearby. i have no i.d., i don t have keys. it s a mess. but we at least have that. reporter: over 200
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soon. ainsley: doubtful. warning you are about to see is pretty graphic. this morning two members of the flagler county sheriff s office are being hailed heroes after pulling a driver from that burning car. joining us to recall the rescue corporal joseph barnette and deputy steve pierre. good morning to both of you. good morning. good morning. ainsley: y all are heroes. joseph, i will start with you. tell me what happened. we were actually just leaving the hospital on state route 100. heading westbound. came up to the scene where where i noticed a car was kind of backed into an 18-wheeler when he got closer to it i noticed there was one person on the ground behind the car and i started seeing flames come from the engine compartment. as soon as i saw trying to get the fire put out or try to reduce the flame. so i grabbed my fire extinguisher and approached it and hit it with the fire