Illegal fireworks sparked a two-alarm house fire in Queens early Wednesday morning, according to the FDNY.<\/p>\n
The blaze broke out just after 2 a.m. on Foch Boulevard in South Ozone Park. Firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke and fire engulfing a two-story home, officials said.<\/p>\n
What You Need To Know<\/p>\n
Illegal fireworks sparked a two-alarm fire early Wednesday on Foch Boulevard in South Ozone Park, the FDNY said
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The blaze began around 2 a.m. and spread to two neighboring homes before being brought under control at 3:20 a.m.
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Two civilians were taken to a nearby hospital with non-serious injuries, according to officials
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The FDNY is reminding New Yorkers that fireworks are illegal in the city and urging residents to call 311 to report their use<\/p>\n
The flames spread to two neighboring houses, prompting a second alarm.<\/p>\n
Two civilians were taken to a nearby hospital with non-serious injuries, according to the FDNY. The fire was brought under control around 3:20 a.m.<\/p>\n
On social media, the FDNY said fireworks being set off in the area caused the fire.<\/p>\n
\u201cFireworks are dangerous AND illegal,\u201d the department wrote, reminding New Yorkers to call 311 to report any use of fireworks.<\/p>\n
No arrests have been made, and the investigation remains ongoing, police said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Illegal fireworks sparked a two-alarm house fire in Queens early Wednesday morning, according to the FDNY. The blaze…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13310,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[387,25,128,576,9,24,12,63,308,122,129,131,130,27,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-13309","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-app-public-safety","9":"tag-app-top-stories","10":"tag-bronx","11":"tag-erica-brosnan","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-public-safety","17":"tag-queens","18":"tag-the-bronx","19":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","20":"tag-the-bronx-news","21":"tag-top-stories","22":"tag-vod"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13309","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=13309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}