Smoke billows from NYCHA building on First Avenue/Max Burns High Rise Fire Forces Tenant to Flee Apartment, Sends Plumes of Acrid Smoke Across Yorkville by Upper East Site Staff January 24, 2022, 8:25 pm Comments Off on High Rise Fire Forces Tenant to Flee Apartment, Sends Plumes of Acrid Smoke Across Yorkville ADVERTISEMENT • REMOVE ADS MANHATTAN - A raging fire believed to have started inside a trash compactor sent thick plumes of smoke billowing from the roof of a high rise Monday afternoon— spreading across the Upper East Side, leaving much of Yorkville covered in an acrid stinAlready a subscriber? Log in here. Continue reading with an Upper East Site subscription. Read More ADVERTISEMENT • REMOVE ADS ADVERTISEMENT • REMOVE ADS ADVERTISEMENT • REMOVE ADS ADVERTISEMENT • REMOVE ADS ADVERTISEMENT • REMOVE ADS ADVERTISEMENT • REMOVE ADS