{"id":165188,"date":"2026-03-16T17:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T17:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/165188\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T17:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T17:29:07","slug":"2-critically-injured-in-flushing-queens-fire-collapse-fdny-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/165188\/","title":{"rendered":"2 critically injured in Flushing, Queens fire, collapse, FDNY says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two people have been hospitalized in critical condition after a fast-moving fire led to a collapse in Flushing, Queens Monday, the FDNY said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The FDNY said the fire broke out at around 12:30 p.m. in the first and second floor of a 3-story multiple dwelling on Avery Avenue between College Point Boulevard and Saul Street. A collapse ensued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters hecking reports that people might be trapped in the structure following the collapse.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The fire quickly grew to four alarms with more than 230 firefighters and EMS personnel responding, the FDNY said.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Residents impacted by smoke in the area are advised to keep their windows shut as firefighting operations continue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Check back soon for more on this developing story.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two people have been hospitalized in critical condition after a fast-moving fire led to a collapse in Flushing,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":165189,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[194,545,648,9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-165188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-fdny","tag-fire","tag-flushing","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165188","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=165188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}