STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Members of the FDNY, along with family and friends, gathered for a walk-out ceremony honoring Probationary Firefighter Christopher Dorato of Engine 167 in Annadale after he was released Thursday afternoon from Northwell Staten Island University Hospital in Ocean Breeze.
Dorato was one of two firefighters and a civilian who suffered non-life-threatening injuries during a three-alarm blaze at a home in Great Kills on Friday, Jan. 30. He sustained a severe leg injury requiring five surgeries, according to a post on the department’s X account.
FDNY video taken from outside The Lois & Richard Nicotra Heart Institute building captured a smiling Dorato being wheeled out on a gurney as members of the department lined up to offer hand shakes and high-fives.
The FDNY responded to a three-alarm fire that broke out at 250 Elverton Ave. in Great Kills on Jan 30, 2026.(Steve White for the Advance/SILive.com)
The fire broke out at 250 Elverton Ave., a dead-end street off Leverett Avenue, on Friday, Jan. 30 at 11:23 p.m., according to a spokesperson for the FDNY.
A photographer for the Advance/SILive.com saw a wall collapse within the structure. Fire personnel were evacuated from the home to continue contending with the blaze from the outside.
While the Department of Buildings was requested at the scene due to the partial collapse, the FDNY spokesperson noted that none of the injuries were sustained from this collapse.
The charred remains of homes destroyed by a fire in Great Kills.Neighbor shared