{"id":215324,"date":"2026-04-30T12:56:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/215324\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T12:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:56:07","slug":"queens-fire-breaks-out-after-explosion-10-injured-all-on-knife-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/215324\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens fire breaks out after explosion, 10 injured: All on knife dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"

A major explosion ignited a major five-alarm fire at a residence in Queens<\/a>, resulting in multiple NYPD <\/a>officers being hospitalized. According to NY POST, ten people were injured, including seven police officers.<\/p>\n

\"AnAn explosion in Queens sparked a five-alarm fire, injuring ten, including seven police officers. Responding to a dispute, officers faced the blast while trying to enter a residence. Firefighters contained the fire, and investigations are underway regarding the explosion and the initial altercation.<\/p>\n

Police were dispatched to a dispute shortly before 3 a.m. on Thursday at a property located on 130th Street in South Richmond <\/a>Hill. The initial report stated that a man was inside the residence armed with a knife. At one point, he barricaded himself in the basement, according to police reports, CNS News reported.<\/p>\n

As officers attempted to enter the premises, an explosion occurred.<\/p>\n

The blast’s force propelled the officers, with at least two being lifted off the ground. One officer sustained serious lacerations to the head, as reported by police officials.<\/p>\n

Massive fire Queens: Firefighting ops take<\/p>\n

Over 100 firefighters and EMS personnel were deployed to extinguish the fire ignited by the blast. They arrived to find a two-story house completely engulfed in flames.<\/p>\n

The fire originated in one home and rapidly spread to the adjacent property.<\/p>\n

Footage from the scene captures large plumes of smoke billowing from the block.<\/p>\n

Queens fire: Residents report loud blast<\/p>\n

Queens residents reported hearing the explosion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“It was a loud boom and possible gunshots because I saw the police officers backing up, and then they were like ‘you gotta evacuate, you gotta evacuate,'” one resident stated, as per CBS News. “I just grabbed what I could and hopped in my car and drove away cause worst comes to worst, I could at least sit in my car and charge my phone, and go to someone’s house.”<\/p>\n

A representative from the police department stated that no gunfire was detected.<\/p>\n

Fire department officials have confirmed that there are no injuries or fatalities reported. According to law enforcement, the officers who were transported to the hospital are all in stable condition.<\/p>\n

The FDNY <\/a>is advising people in the vicinity to steer clear of the smoke and anticipate traffic delays during the morning hours.<\/p>\n

The cause of the explosion is currently being investigated, and police are also examining the circumstances that led to the initial altercation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A major explosion ignited a major five-alarm fire at a residence in Queens, resulting in multiple NYPD officers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215325,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[18624,37148,9,24,63,9751,122,27845,124,123,79495],"class_list":["post-215324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-explosion","tag-five-alarm-fire","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd-officers","tag-queens","tag-queens-fire","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-south-richmond-hill"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215324","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=215324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}