{"id":311921,"date":"2026-08-02T14:08:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T14:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/311921\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T14:08:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T14:08:37","slug":"queens-house-fire-kills-dog-and-neighbors-beloved-pet-canary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/311921\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens house fire kills dog and neighbor’s beloved pet canary"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Queens house fire killed a dog and a neighbor\u2019s beloved pet canary, the bird\u2019s grieving owner told the Daily News.<\/p>\n

The fire broke out in a house on 202nd St. near Jamaica Ave. in Hollis<\/a> just before 9 a.m. Saturday. A dog died and three people in the home suffered minor injuries and were treated at area hospitals, FDNY officials said.<\/p>\n

\"AA dog and a canary died and three people suffered minor injuries after a fire inside a home on 202nd St. in Queens Saturday. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

The fire also had an unexpected casualty \u2014 a 4-year-old canary in the house next door to the one that caught fire died when smoke wafted over from the burning residence, the bird\u2019s owner, Kemraj Ramsaroop, said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was watching TV and I see the smoke come through the light\u201d fixture in the ceiling, Ramsaroop said.<\/p>\n

Before he could rescue his feathered friend, the house filled with smoke. \u201cBy the time I run over there to see the bird, the whole place was full of smoke,\u201d he said. \u201cEverybody ran out.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fire truck come but it happened in the next house,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The blaze was brought under control in about 40 minutes, FDNY officials said.<\/p>\n

But when Ramsaroop returned home he found the canary dead in its cage. \u201cHe passed away,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m just sad.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"AA deceased dog (bottom right) lay on the sidewalk after a fire inside a home on 202nd St. in Queens Saturday. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

Ramsaroop has kept canaries since he was a child. \u201cI love them back home, back home in Guyana,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Ramsaroop paid $500 for the bird four years ago after the bird he had for eight years died, he said.<\/p>\n

Canaries typically cost $150 in pet stores<\/a>\u00a0but can be more expensive depending on coloration, breed or other unique characteristics.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe whistled like four or five different kind of whistles,\u201d Ramsaroop said. He plans to get a new canary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Queens house fire killed a dog and a neighbor\u2019s beloved pet canary, the bird\u2019s grieving owner told…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[262,263,266,85,267,9,24,264,12,63,261,122,124,123,265],"class_list":["post-311921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-sub-county-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311921","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=311921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}