21 injured, including 16 firefighters, in Queens apartment building fire
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An eight-alarm fire tore through an apartment building in Queens Tuesday afternoon, leaving 21 injured, including 16 firefighters, and displacing more than 200 residents.
The fire broke out as four-alarm blaze on the top floor of the six-story building on 34th Avenue in Jackson Heights around 1 p.m. and quickly spread into the cockloft.
Approximately 400 FDNY members responded and continue to fight the ferocious fire.
Officials say the FDNY will be at the scene through the night and the next few days. When the units arrived, the door of apartment was open, there was an advanced fire, FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said. The first units in were trying to make their advance, three of the members were burned. Thankfully the burns were not serious, although they have been taken to the hospital.
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By Andrew Magnotta @710WOR
Apr 7, 2021
More than 20 people were hurt and hundreds more displaced after a fire Tuesday tore through an apartment in Jackson Heights, Queens.
The FDNY said the blaze was finally under control by late Wednesday morning and they could begin their investigation.
The fire broke out around 1 p.m. Tuesday on the sixth floor of a 133-unit building at 89th Street and 34th Avenue. Witnesses reported seeing smoke and flames bellowing from windows.
FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro told CBS New York that the fire was agitated by an open door at the scene, making conditions that much more challenging for responders.