Massive 4-alarm fire tears through Queens home
A massive fire ripped through Queens Saturday afternoon, injuring 14 people — including 11 firefighters — and damaging multiple buildings, leaving dozens of residents displaced, officials said.
Over 200 firefighters, EMTs and paramedics responded to the fire, which was brought under control in about two hours, officials said.“This was a very fierce fire, and it spread to seven buildings and into the rear and garage area,” FDNY First Deputy Commissioner Joseph Pfeifer said.
Tasmim Abib, 17, who lives on Francis Lewis Boulevard, said the fire started on his neighbor’s deck, before spreading to his family’s deck and into their home. “I was crying, ‘Let me go inside and save my cats.’ They said, ‘No, don’t go back inside,'” he recalled.Abib said his mother had heard three explosions before heading outside to see the spreading flames.
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