NYC 5-alarm fire injures at least 17 firefighters, others as blaze damages multiple apartment buildings

Nearly 2 twelve radical were injured, including respective New York City firefighters (FDNY) Saturday, erstwhile a monolithic occurrence broke retired astatine an flat gathering successful Queens.

FDNY main of Fire Operations Kevin Woods said firefighters archetypal got connection of the occurrence conscionable earlier 10 a.m. successful a two-story woody gathering successful Queens and erstwhile they arrived, 2 buildings were afloat involved, and it was spreading to a 3rd building.

Woods added that rescuers were capable to get to the 2nd level supra the occurrence "under precocious vigor and zero visibility" wherever 1 nonmigratory was trapped.

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Firefighters conflict a five-alarm occurrence successful Queens, N.Y., Saturday. (FDNY)

They were taken to the hospital.

In total, 17 firefighters were injured, 2 members of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and 2 civilians.

None of the injuries are life-threatening, Woods said.

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New York City firefighters regroup extracurricular a residential gathering successful Queens during an progressive occurrence effect arsenic crews proceed moving to extinguish the blaze connected Saturday. (Peter Gerber)

"We privation to convey the unit astatine each of these country hospitals for taking attraction of our personnel," Woods added.

He said the fifth-alarm fire, which corresponds to utilizing 250 firefighters, near "heavy damage" to the gathering and galore of the families are displaced.

Firefighters spray h2o onto a severely damaged residential gathering during an progressive occurrence effect arsenic fume and debris capable the aerial Saturday successful Queens, N.Y. (Peter Gerber)

Woods added that the historical residences were built successful 1930 and wholly made of wood.

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The occurrence is nether control, helium said, adding that the origin is nether investigation.