(L to R) Donald Butler, Richard Thompson, Whitney Edinborough, and Fatima Jenkins. The residents of 327 Beach 68th Street in Arverne are picking up the pieces after a fire tore through three apartments in December, displacing four adults and 12 children younger than 13. Donald Butler, Fatima Jenkins, and engaged couple Richard Thompson and Whitney
138 firefighters responded to Wednesday’s blaze. Photo by Ryan Schwach. A three-alarm fire tore through a home on Beach 68th Street in Arverne Wednesday afternoon displacing three separate residences and 12 children. The fire was reported at around 1 p.m. Wednesday afternoon at 327 Beach 68th Street in the Arverne section of Rockaway and the