An unhinged pyromaniac allegedly set a Queens restaurant, funeral home and synagogue on fire in a late Monday spree \u2013 forcing a woman to jump out of a second-floor window to escape the flames, cops and law enforcement sources said.<\/p>\n
The woman allegedly sparked the fires around 9:10 p.m. inside 888 Kitchen on Flushing Avenue near 61st Street, D\u2019Angelo Funeral Home II on Grand Avenue near 65th Street, and the Maspeth Jewish Center on Grand Avenue near Borden Avenue, authorities said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Two people were hurt while trying to leave the burning Flushing Avenue building \u2013 a 26-year-old man who cut his finger while trying to open the fire escape window, and a 27-year-old woman who was left with minor leg injuries when she jumped out of a second-floor window, cops and sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The woman allegedly sparked one of the fires inside 888 Kitchen on Flushing Avenue near 61st Street, cops said. Phillip Wong<\/p>\n
Both victims were taken to the Elmhurst Hospital Center, cops said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cops spotted the alleged firebug while searching the area, and she was taken to a hospital in police custody with charges pending, authorities said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The woman, who was not carrying identification and is described as an \u201cemotionally disturbed person,\u201d set the fires for purely \u201copportunistic\u201d reasons, sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The incident comes two days after a firebug with 15 previous arrests was busted for allegedly hurling a Molotov cocktail<\/a> that set a Brooklyn business ablaze \u2013 leaving one firefighter injured, authorities and sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Isidro Aquino, 39, allegedly sparked the massive fire around 1:45 p.m. inside a clothing store on Fort Hamilton Parkway near 53rd Street in Borough Park, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n