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Fire officials are investigating the cause of a two-alarm fire at an East Side high rise.
The fire broke out after 6 a.m. Monday on the fourth floor of a 38-story office building on Third Avenue between 46th and 47th Streets.
It took firefighters about an hour to contain the flames.
People who work in the building say it does not appear as though they are going to get much done today.
"We're on the 36th floor. We called all our employees and told them basically don't come to the office today," said one employer.
"I was on my way to work. I spotted this on the news, but I figured it might be cleared up by the time I got here," said a worker. "So I decided that to come see what could be done."
"This is actually the first day I was supposed to be here in the building," said another. "I just moved to the New York area this past week. It's my first day here in the office and naturally today is the day that there's a fire on the fourth floor and we can't actually get into our building."
Four firefighters were hospitalized.
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