One arrested after Christmas tree set on fire outside News Corp. building

A man was arrested after setting fire to a Christmas tree outside Midtown’s News Corporation building early Wednesday, police and sources said.

The holiday display was set ablaze shortly after midnight and the flames quickly spread up the tree in Fox Square outside the Sixth Avenue building that houses Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post.

The flames also damaged three other nearby trees decorated with Christmas lights.

Police closed off the surrounding streets as FDNY firefighters extinguished the blaze.