The FBI's New York Field office is working to determine whether the fire at the Sherry-Netherland Hotel is linked to this morning's arrest of exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui, multiple law enforcement sources told ABC News.
Eyewitness News was there after flames broke out on the 18th floor of the Sherry-Netherland Hotel on Fifth Avenue.A fire broke out inside a New York City hotel on Wednesday and the FBI is now involved in the investigation.
The FBI's New York Field office is working to determine whether the fire at the Sherry-Netherland Hotel in the Upper East Side is linked to the Wednesday morning arrest of exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui, multiple law enforcement sources told ABC News. Guo was arrested at 6 a.m. at his $32 million apartment in the building on Fifth Avenue at 60th Street.FBI agents were still inside Guo's apartment at the time the fire broke out at 12:02 p.m., multiple law enforcement sources told ABC News. That's about six hours after Guo was arrested.Guo's 15-room penthouse is on at least the 17th floor, according to real estate listings when it was on the market for $32.5 million.
At this point, neither FDNY nor the FBI knows whether the fire was linked to the arrest. Both offices declined to comment.After burning for two hours, the fire was under control by 1:45 p.m. There were no reports of injuries but sources say there was significant damage to Wengui's apartment.
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