A maniac allegedly set himself on fire inside his family\u2019s Queens home, sparking a massive explosion that left eight officers and at least four other people hurt, according to police and sources. <\/p>\n
Police responded to a reported domestic dispute involving a knife at a home on 130th Street in South Ozone Park around 2:42 a.m. Thursday \u2014 but as officers approached the front door, there was an explosion that was \u201cso powerful it knocked them off their feet,\u201d Assistant Chief of Queens South, Christopher M. McIntosh, told reporters,\u00a0News.Az<\/a> reports, citing New York Post.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n The blast sparked a massive, five-alarm inferno that quickly spread throughout the two-and-a-half-story private home and extended to the home next door before the building dramatically collapsed.Suspect Anrup Parasram \u2014 who remains unaccounted for\u2014 was allegedly intoxicated and armed with a knife when he forced his way into the basement apartment, where his wife, daughter, and two grandchildren live, police said.<\/p>\n Surveillance footage reviewed by police shows him breaking in while carrying two garbage bags filled with canisters of an unknown substance, cops said.He poured accelerant on the floor and then set himself and the apartment ablaze, sources told The Post.<\/p>\n The family members fled the apartment and provided responding officers with a key to get inside when \u201csuddenly a massive fiery explosion erupted\u201d as they reached the door, McIntosh said.<\/p>\n Despite being thrown back and knocked against the gates, several officers \u201crushed into the danger\u201d to help any residents inside the 3-family home, he added.<\/p>\n Eight officers were taken to area hospitals in stable condition for minor burns, lacerations to the head, and other injuries.Four others were also hurt, according to the FDNY.<\/p>\n \u201cWe will start debris removal to see if we can account for anybody that might be reported missing,\u201d FDNY<\/a> Chief John M. Esposito said, adding it\u2019s still an active scene.Rattled neighbor Jessica Irving said she heard \u201cwhat sounded like gunfire\u201d amid the chaos after the initial blast \u2014 although officials have made no suggestion there was a shooting.<\/p>\n Irving recalled hearing a \u201cblood-curdling scream\u201d as police ordered her to evacuate her house. She fled down the street in her car, she said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was just a lot of commotion of yelling,\u201d she told FreedomNewsTV.It was not immediately clear what the dispute was about.<\/p>\n \u201cI want to be clear. We got very lucky today. This could have turned out very differently,\u201d Mcintosh said. No arrests have been made, and the cause of the fire remains under investigation. Sixteen people were displaced by the fire, fire officials said.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n NYPD and @FDNY<\/a> executives provide updates on an ongoing investigation in Queens. https:\/\/t.co\/23QMaCBvGc<\/a><\/p>\n
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