(credit: Gary Raynaldo ©Diplomatic  Times)  A two-alarm fire started early Thursday morning,  gutting a  fitness center located in Manhattan’s Upper West Side  at 250 West 106th Street

By Gary  Raynaldo     DIPLOMATIC  TIMES

NEW YORK  –  A building housing a neighborhood fitness gym on Manhattan’s Upper West Side was gutted in a two-alarm fire that began early Thursday morning.  According to NY Fire Department, a fire was reported just before 7 a.m. at 250 West 106th Street which is a neighborhood gym called BodyStrength Fitness.  The fire went to a second alarm, and there were  more than 100 fire crewmembers on the scene battling the blaze which was brought  under  control at approximately 7:58 a.m. There were no reports of injuries and the FDNY is still investigating the  cause of the fire. 

credit: Gary Raynaldo ©Diplomatic  Times)  A two-alarm fire swept through a building at 250 West 106th Street, location of neighborhood gym called BodyStrength Fitness.

MANHATTAN, NY *2ND ALARM* 250 W 106TH ST – FIRE ON THE 2ND FLR OF A COMMERCIAL BLDG – RAISED TO 2ND ALARM pic.twitter.com/rQaIlU9YWK

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credit: Gary Raynaldo ©Diplomatic  Times)  More than 100 firefighters battled a two-alarm fire  at 250 West 106th Street, location of neighborhood gym called BodyStrength Fitness.

(credit: Gary Raynaldo ©Diplomatic  Times)  A two-alarm fire started early Thursday morning,  gutting a  fitness center located in Manhattan’s Upper West Side  at 250 West 106th Street