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Queens Village blaze: FDNY battles five-alarm inferno amid scorching temperatures

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Aug. 4, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell Firefighters battled a raging five-alarm fire in Queens as temperatures soared in the New York City area on Saturday afternoon. The fire erupted just after 4:05 p.m. on Aug. 3, when an EMS supervisor spotted heavy smoke in the vicinity of 188-21 Francis Lewis Boulevard in Queens Village.…

Queens firefighters battle three-alarm fire at home that left five residents injured

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Jul. 28, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell Fire marshals in Queens are investigating the cause and origin of a three-alarm fire on Sunday morning that left five residents and three firefighters injured. Fire Department sources said the blaze ignited at 168-20 Liberty Ave. in Jamaica just before 3 a.m. on July 28 and spread to…

Fire at JFK Airport’s Terminal 8 disrupts flight operations, leaves 10 injured: FDNY

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Jul. 24, 2024 By Bill Parry Terminal 8 at JFK International Airport has reopened after the FDNY extinguished a fire inside the building on Wednesday morning. The fire broke out in an escalator in Concourse C just before 7 a.m. on July 24 and the FDNY and Port Authority Police Department responded to the…

Two residents injured during Ozone Park apartment fire: FDNY

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Jul. 23, 2024 By Bill Parry and Lloyd Mitchell The FDNY battled a blaze that broke out on the top floor of a 3-story apartment building in Ozone Park on Monday night. The call was received just before 9 p.m. and units from the 39th Battalion arrived at 105-10 77th St. minutes later to…

Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh stepping down from post, FDNY confirms

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Jul. 13, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh, the first woman ever to lead the New York City Fire Department, is resigning her post, amNewYork Metro confirmed on Saturday. The New York Post first reported on July 13 that Kavanagh sent them an email Saturday notifying them of her decision. Kavanagh made…