21 injured, including 16 firefighters, in Queens apartment building fire
![]() 1438 Wednesday, 07 April, 2021, 14:16 An eight-alarm fire tore through an apartment building in Queens Tuesday afternoon, leaving 21 injured, including 16 firefighters, and displacing more than 200 residents. The fire broke out as four-alarm blaze on the top floor of the six-story building on 34th Avenue in Jackson Heights around 1 p.m. and quickly spread into the cockloft. Officials say the FDNY will be at the scene through the night and the next few days. "When the units arrived, the door of apartment was open, there was an advanced fire," FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said. "The first units in were trying to make their advance, three of the members were burned. Thankfully the burns were not serious, although they have been taken to the hospital." In total, 21 people were injured, including 16 firefighters and five residents. |
Ukrainian National Security Colonel Killed in Kiev (video)
276Yesterday, 14:22New Mexico flash flooding sweeps entire house away, prompts rescues (video)
52709.07.2025, 10:10Forest fires rage in Catalonia, thousands evacuated (video)
68108.07.2025, 16:47"We are shocked"- Peskov on the suicide of a dismissed minister
65808.07.2025, 14:47Texas flood death toll rises to 104 (photo, video)
50308.07.2025, 13:11Deaths and injuries in the shooting in Philadelphia (video)
45308.07.2025, 11:16Iran says death toll from Israeli attacks nears 1060
56808.07.2025, 00:22Owners of pet lion arrested after it jumped a wall and attacked a woman and two children in Pakistan (video)
52907.07.2025, 23:32