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Video: Fire tears through 93rd Street home

Source: FDNY

Source: FDNY

Jan. 27, 2016 Staff Report

A Jackson Heights home burst in flames on Monday morning.

A two-family house, located at 35-27 93rd Street, erupted into flames at 10:18 am, according to the FDNY. It took firefighters more than two hours to get the fire under control. The two-alarm fire was eventually brought under control by 12:45 pm, the FDNY said.
Four firefighters were taken to hospital and were treated for minor injuries. None of the residents were hurt.

The fire broke out in the attic, according to a FDNY post on Twitter.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

#fdny battling a serious fire in JacksonHeights for those with electric heaters please be careful!!

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Happened today !! So sad (93rd st. between 35th&37)

Posted by Miryam Ortega on Monday, January 25, 2016

email the author: news@queenspost.com

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