Hundreds of customers were evacuated Sunday afternoon of Macy's Herald Square located in New York after a fire in an escalator which caused smoke in the building. No reports of casualties has been released immediately.
The fire occurred between the second and third floors, according to firefighters.
The sirens of many police vehicles and services to fight against the fires have long heard after the announcement of the fire at 16h (21h GMT) at one of the great days of the year spent shopping.
In front of the building, police said after 17h (22h GMT) that Macy's was closed. The smoke was so important at a time that passersby walking on the street could feel it.
The fire occurred while stores of Manhattan trying to recover from the snow fell on the town a few hours earlier.