Crime & Safety
Queens Fire: House Goes Up In Flames, Sends Smoke Through Far Rockaway (VIDEO)
The fire began in a garage on Beatrice Court and burned through three alarms on an unseasonably warm Thursday morning, fire officials say.
FAR ROCKAWAY, QUEENS — A massive, three-alarm house fire at 3 Beatrice Court on the Far Rockaway peninsula across from JFK Airport caused only one minor injury to a firefighter, FDNY officials said, but sent excessive amounts of smoke billowing through the neighborhood Thursday morning.
"Expect smoke & traffic delays in area," NYC's Emergency Management Department warned around 10:50 a.m. "People nearby avoid smoke, close windows."
The fire broke out in the house's garage around 10:05 a.m., according to the FDNY, and burned for an hour-and-a-half before it was brought under control at 11:35 a.m.
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At one point, there was reportedly a worry that the fire would spread to one or more nearby homes, but that luckily never happened, an FDNY spokesman told Patch.
Crazy footage from the scene showed the entire home engulfed in flames and smoke:
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Queens *99-22-1131**2nd Alarm** 10-46 Dickens St off Cornaga Ave. Fully involved house extending to another. pic.twitter.com/jmpww2gjG0
— NYCFireWire (@NYCFireWire) January 12, 2017
#FDNY members are on scene of a 3-alarm fire at 3 Beatrice Ct, #Queens pic.twitter.com/Y6iMHU6bMv
— FDNY (@FDNY) January 12, 2017
#FDNY members remain on scene at 3-alarm fire, 3 Beatrice Ct #Queens. 1 minor injury to a FF reported at this time. Fire is under control pic.twitter.com/iecWNzy4e9
— FDNY (@FDNY) January 12, 2017
Lead photo courtesy of the FDNY
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