New Delhi, March 17 -- Hundreds of firefighters were deployed to the scene after a major fire broke out Tuesday morning (local time) at a high-rise building in New York City's Midtown Manhattan, with plumes of smoke billowing into the sky just hours before the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade.

FDNY said no injuries have been reported, but it was still an "all hands" operation, as per a report by CBS News.

The fire broke out close to staging areas for the St. Patrick's Day Parade, which typically forms along Vanderbilt Avenue and proceeds up Fifth Avenue from East 43rd Street to East 79th Street.

Preliminary reports indicate the fire may have involved a backup generator, with around 100 gallons of diesel fuel stored in the vicinity.

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