FDNY: Queens, NY, House Fire Leaves Three Adults Dead
New York Daily News
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Three people were killed by a fire that ripped through a Queens home early Sunday, officials said.
The blaze broke out in a house on 208th St. near 33rd Ave. in Bayside about 2:40 a.m.
Firefighters arrived after a resident on neighboring 34th Ave. called to report smoke in the area. They got out of their FDNY truck to check the block for its source and found smoke coming from a cellar window of the 208th St. home, FDNY Chief of Department John Esposito said.
When first responders arrived, they found a 56-year-old man dead at the scene and two people mortally injured, officials said. One victim was found in the cellar, the other two in a first-floor bedroom, Esposito said.
Medics rushed a 54-year-old woman to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Queens and a 90-year-old woman to Flushing Hospital but neither could be saved, cops said. Police have not yet released the victims’ names.
“It’s a very sad morning,” FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker said. “We certainly are thinking about the families that are affected by this … We’re going to do everything at the FDNY to make sure that fire deaths stay low.”
About 106 firefighters from 25 FDNY units battled the blaze until bringing it under control about 4:10 a.m., officials said.
FDNY officials said the blaze appeared to have started in the basement and spread through the walls to the first and second floors. The cause of the blaze is under investigation.
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