Fire in celebrity-filled building ignites lawsuits

The fire started in actress Amy Irving’s apartment last spring

Amy Irving (image credit: Dimitrios Kambouris via IMDB), 75 Central Park West and Hank Azaria (image credit: Nick Aleck via Wiki Commons)
Amy Irving (image credit: Dimitrios Kambouris via IMDB), 75 Central Park West and Hank Azaria (image credit: Nick Aleck via Wiki Commons)

A fire that damaged several posh celebrity-owned apartments at 75 Central Park West last spring has now ignited a lawsuit.

The rags left by workers during a renovation at actress Amy Irving’s $9 million three-bedroom apartment at 75 Central Park West started a fire that damaged actor Hank Azaria’s apartment a few floors up.

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Now Azaria, who was once married actress Helen Hunt, is suing for $58,000 in damages, according to the New York Post.

Another neighbor, retired chemical company executive Ronald Ostrow, is also claiming $22,000 in repairs, according to a lawsuit filed by insurer AIG Property in Manhattan Supreme Court against A&J Wood Floors. [NYP]Christopher Cameron