Fire At WTC Today—Likely False Alarm

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Updated: 8/08/2012 9:00 am
New York, N.Y. (AP) - Authorities say a fire on the 88th floor of the New York City skyscraper under construction at ground zero is likely a false alarm.

Steve Coleman, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the site, says the fire report was called in by a member of the public Wednesday and is believed to be a false alarm.

The report was thought to be related to welding at One World Trade Center.

The fire department says the situation "probably will hold."

Last week, a steel beam signed by President Barack Obama was lifted into place at the top of the 104-story skyscraper that's being built to replace the twin towers destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks. It's expected to be completed in 2014.

(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.)
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