Fire on Roof of 190 Bowery Extinguished Tonight

Explosion then fire on Bowery & Spring pic.twitter.com/wAANZ9dT56

— Anthony Via Corrado (@ViaCorrado) August 8, 2016

A fire broke out earlier this evening at 190 Bowery, the former Germania Bank Building.

Witnesses heard an explosion around 7:30 p.m. before flames began shooting from the roof of the 1898 city landmark. Firefighters responded quickly and extinguished the flames in about an hour. There were no injuries.

190 Bowery is owned by Aby Rosen of RFR Realty. He purchased it in 2015 from longtime owner Jay Maisel for $55 million. The property has been undergoing an extensive renovation.

Social media is filled tonight with photos and video from the fire.

#sun #sunset #videos #fire #firefighters #courage #bravery #brave #newyorkcity #Manhattan #bowery #now #sirens #cracking #burning #bravery #newyorkcity #nyc #my #city #neighborhood

A video posted by Deborah C Copeland (@dccopeland714) on Aug 8, 2016 at 4:57pm PDT

#nyc (not to be a conspiracy theorist but THIS building was definitely set on fire on purpose, right?) #GildedAgeBank #BoweryMansion #190bowery #55million

A video posted by Jeanette Hayes (@jeanettehayes) on Aug 8, 2016 at 5:21pm PDT

Props to @FDNY, #fire on the roof of old #GermaniaBank, 190 Bowery, was quickly extinguished moments ago. #NYC pic.twitter.com/Ua0NFh3fTX

— Nina Roberts (@ninarobertsnyc) August 9, 2016

Very impressed by the #FDNY response time. This fire on Bowery seems to have been put out in minutes. pic.twitter.com/dfSjhEwxmE

— Zack Kinslow (@zkinslow) August 9, 2016

Fire at Bowery and Spring St. A block from us. Out now #nyc #fire #nolita #FDNY pic.twitter.com/ePjGC2Bc8A

— Megan (@holisticmegs) August 9, 2016