Authorities say three people are dead, including a child, after a four-alarm fire tore through a multi-family residence in Flushing on Monday, March 16.
Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
Three people are dead, including a child, after a wind-driven four-alarm fire tore through a multi-family residence in Flushing on Monday, according to authorities.
The FDNY received a call just before 12:30 p.m. of a fire on the second and third floors at 44-49 College Point Blvd. and fire crews were on the scene four minutes later. As the fire spread through five apartments on the second and third floors, a fourth alarm was transmitted bringing 74 units to the block between Avery Avenue and Pople Avenue with a total of 231 firefighters and EMS personnel to the scene, according to the FDNY.
Three people were injured after jumping from windows on the top floor. Three people were found dead, including a juvenile, after they became trapped in a second-story apartment. As firefighters were climbing to the second floor, the staircase collapsed trapping two firefighters who were extricated and rushed to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.
Authorities say three people are dead, including a child, after a four-alarm fire tore through a multi-family residence in Flushing on Monday, March 16.Photo by Lloyd Mitchell 
Authorities say three people are dead, including a child, after a four-alarm fire tore through a multi-family residence in Flushing on Monday, March 16.Photo by Lloyd Mitchell