{"id":196821,"date":"2026-04-14T14:08:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T14:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/196821\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T14:08:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T14:08:39","slug":"woman-allegedly-sets-two-fires-in-queens-nypd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/196821\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman allegedly sets two fires in Queens: NYPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">MASPETH, Queens (PIX11) \u2014 Investigations are ongoing into two fires that injured multiple people in Maspeth on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The fires were reported at 60-92 Flushing Avenue and 66-64 Grand Avenue at around 9:12 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police say responding officers were informed that an unidentified woman started both fires. The suspect was located and taken into custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police say a 26-year-old man suffered injuries to his finger as he was trying to escape through a window.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Discover more local reporting on our homepage;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Discover more local reporting on our homepage&quot;}\"> Discover more local reporting on our homepage <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Another individual, a 27-year-old woman, suffered leg injuries after she jumped from a second-floor window. EMS transported the woman to a local hospital in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One firefighter sustained moderate injuries and was taken to a local hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The cause of the fires remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:crimestoppers.nypdonline.org;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;crimestoppers.nypdonline.org&quot;}\" class=\"link \">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a>, downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ben Mitchell is a digital content producer from Vermont who has covered both local and international news since 2021. He joined PIX11 in 2024. See more of his work <a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/author\/ben-mitchell\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MASPETH, Queens (PIX11) \u2014 Investigations are ongoing into two fires that injured multiple people in Maspeth on Monday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[47155,2608,9,24,63,122,124,123,78416],"class_list":{"0":"post-196821","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-flushing-avenue","9":"tag-maspeth","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-nyc","13":"tag-queens","14":"tag-queens-headlines","15":"tag-queens-news","16":"tag-two-fires"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196821","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=196821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}