{"id":128451,"date":"2026-02-10T05:28:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T05:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/128451\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T05:28:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T05:28:14","slug":"1-killed-child-critical-after-fast-moving-fire-tears-through-queens-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/128451\/","title":{"rendered":"1 killed, child critical after fast-moving fire tears through Queens home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One person was killed and a child is in critical condition after flames tore through a home in Queens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Flames started on the first floor of the home on 83-32 Dongan Avenue in Elmhurst just before 7 p.m. Monday and quickly rose to the top of the home and spread to neighboring buildings on both sides.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One resident suffered life-threatening injuries and five others suffered minor injuries. Two firefighters also suffered minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A firefighter fell trough the floor of the first level of the home and got stuck and was helped to safety.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Over 200 fire and EMS personnel responded to the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The cause of the fire is under investigation. Flames were still not under control on Monday night, hours after the fire broke out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>* <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/queens\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:More Queens news;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">More Queens news<\/a><br \/>* <a href=\"https:\/\/7ny.tv\/submitnewstip\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Send us a news tip;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Send us a news tip<\/a><br \/>* <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Download the abc7NY app for breaking news alerts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Download the abc7NY app for breaking news alerts<\/a> <br \/>*<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCrlIS7z20CnVaCrMvdkig_g\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Follow us on YouTube;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> Follow us on YouTube<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Submit a tip or story idea to Eyewitness News<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Have a breaking news tip or an idea for a story we should cover? Send it to Eyewitness News using the form below. If attaching a video or photo, <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/image-video-solicitation-and-rights-terms-of-use\/5101040\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:terms of use apply.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">terms of use apply.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One person was killed and a child is in critical condition after flames tore through a home in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128452,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[951,55420,9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":{"0":"post-128451","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-critical-condition","9":"tag-flames","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-nyc","13":"tag-queens","14":"tag-queens-headlines","15":"tag-queens-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}