Jun. 23, 2025 By Bill Parry A fast-moving four-alarm fire tore through a commercial building in St. Albans on Sunday morning, injuring six people and displacing residents of adjacent structures, fire officials said. The blaze broke out shortly before noon on June 22 at 200-05 Linden Blvd., a two-and-a-half-story commercial building that housed a…
Mar. 2, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell One man was killed when a three-alarm fire engulfed a Queens home on Sunday morning, Fire Department sources said. The blaze ignited just before 11 a.m. on March 2 at a two-story residence located at 116-50 146th St. in Jamaica. Engine Company 275 and Ladder Company 133 were…
Feb. 4, 2025 By Bill Parry Two Flushing residents were critically injured during an apartment fire early Tuesday morning. The FDNY responded to a call received just after 12:30 a.m. after the blaze broke out in a sixth-floor apartment at 142-20 Franklin Ave. between Union Street and Bowne Street. Dispatchers sent 25 units to…
Dec. 29, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell A fast-moving Queens fire on Sunday morning left one person critically injured and more than 20 people and pets homeless, Fire Department officials said. According to the FDNY, the two-alarm blaze broke out at about 8:25 a.m. on Dec. 29 inside of 86-06 91st Ave. in Woodhaven. Though…
Dec. 1, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell A firefighter in Queens suffered minor injuries while battling a fire at a vacant building early on Sunday morning. Fire Department sources said the blaze broke out just before 5:05 a.m. on Dec. 1 inside a vacant home at 117-36 Smith St. in South Jamaica. The first responding…
Nov. 30, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell A massive fire in Queens ripped through a row of storefronts on Saturday morning, the FDNY reported. Fire Department sources said the two-alarm blaze ignited just before 11 a.m. on Nov. 30 inside 62-16 Woodhaven Blvd. in Rego Park, which is listed as the Taste of Samarkand Uzbek…
Oct. 20, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell Fire marshals in Queens are investigating a two-alarm fire that ripped through a row of vacant, partially completed buildings late Saturday night. The FDNY said the blaze ignited at about 11:30 p.m. on Oct. 19 inside of 107-14 156th St. in Jamaica. The first responding units encountered heavy…
Aug. 25, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell Firefighters in Queens battled a two-alarm fire at a pair of commercial buildings early on Sunday morning where more than a dozen drums of highly flammable chemicals had been stored. FDNY sources said the blaze broke out at about 12:56 a.m. on Aug. 25 inside 133-02 101st Ave.…
Aug. 9, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell Firefighters battled a three-alarm fire that broke out in Queens on Friday morning. At 9:45 a.m. on Aug. 9, FDNY personnel responded to the call of a fire at 80-16 80th St. Units arrived to find a fire in the cockloft of a pair of private dwellings, between…
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…