The Statue of Liberty is open again after about 3,000 people were evacuated from Liberty Island because of a small construction fire.
Park spokesman Jerry Willis says regular ferry service to the island was resuming around 2 p.m. on Monday.
Willis says a construction worker was treated at the scene for a minor injury after the fire started at a propane tank about two hours earlier.
It happened in an area where a security screening building is being constructed.
Willis estimated the distance between the statue and the fire at 100 to 200 yards (90 to 180 meters).
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