A Manhattan High Rise Is On Fire And People Are Reportedly Stuck

A building at 500 West 43 Street in Manhattan, New York, is reportedly on fire, with fire crews at the scene:

Pictures tweeted from outside the scene appear to show the fire on a lower floor:

Manhattan: FDNY Box #0798, 500 West 43 St. 10-77 All hands fire out the windows on 20 floor of a 36 story high rise. pic.twitter.com/UFigL4CziY

- New York City Alerts (@NYCityAlerts) January 5, 2014

Crazier still, however, are the tweets of Mickey Atwal, who said he's a resident of the building but stuck on the 26th floor with his wife and child and young child as the stairways are too full of smoke.

Stuck on building on 26 floor. Building on fire. pic.twitter.com/c5bDvWke0x

- Mickey Atwal (@MickeyAtwal) January 5, 2014