{"id":327113,"date":"2026-08-22T01:12:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T01:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/327113\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T01:12:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T01:12:55","slug":"skeletal-remains-found-in-debris-of-julys-deadly-queens-ny-house-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/327113\/","title":{"rendered":"Skeletal Remains Found in Debris of July’s Deadly Queens, NY, House Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

A demolition crew discovered human skeletal remains inside the scorched ruins of a\u00a0Queens\u00a0home where\u00a0a massive fire killed a 78-year-old woman<\/a>\u00a0and injured 22 others last month, officials said Thursday.<\/p>\n

Workers found the \u201cvery decomposed\u201d remains in the wreckage of the\u00a041st Road\u00a0building near\u00a0College Point Blvd., more than three weeks after\u00a0the deadly fire<\/a>\u00a0tore through the building on\u00a0July 25, according to\u00a0FDNY\u00a0officials.<\/p>\n

The crew immediately contacted authorities, and the city\u2019s Medical Examiner moved swiftly to collect the remains ahead of heavy rains coming Thursday evening.<\/p>\n

An autopsy has been slated to identify the victim and determine how they died.<\/p>\n

An\u00a0FDNY\u00a0source said no one had been reported missing following last month\u2019s fire. The source did, however, note that most of the tenants living in the building spoke Mandarin and there was a language barrier.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0NYPD\u00a0is checking to see if the remains can be matched to any missing person reports, the source said.<\/p>\n

The fatal blaze erupted at\u00a09:50 a.m.\u00a0on the first floor of the two-story home before spreading to two adjoining buildings,\u00a0FDNY\u00a0Chief of Operations\u00a0Kevin Woods\u00a0said at the time.<\/p>\n

The fire raged for most of the morning as firefighters tried their best to fight back the flames. The fire ultimately reached a fifth alarm, which brought roughly 270 first responders to the scene.<\/p>\n

Photos\u00a0posted to social media\u00a0by the\u00a0FDNY\u00a0show\u00a0heavy smoke billowing from the roof<\/a>. Other videos\u00a0show heavy flames<\/a>\u00a0as firefighters doused the blaze from outside.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany, many lives were saved over the proper position of those hose lines,\u201d\u00a0Chief Woods\u00a0said. \u201cOur members did a great job to prevent (the fire) from extending to additional buildings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Firefighters receiving a \u201creport of people trapped in this building\u201d managed to get above the fire to the second floor where, \u201cunder high heat and zero visibility,\u201d they managed to find one of the two injured building residents, Woods said.<\/p>\n

A 78-year-old woman who suffered serious injuries was taken to New York-Presbyterian Queens, where she died.<\/p>\n

Another tenant suffered minor injuries,\u00a0FDNY\u00a0officials said. In addition, 17 firefighters and three EMS members were taken to area hospitals with minor injuries.<\/p>\n

\u00a92026 New York Daily News. Visit\u00a0nydailynews.com<\/a>. Distributed by\u00a0Tribune Content Agency, LLC.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A demolition crew discovered human skeletal remains inside the scorched ruins of a\u00a0Queens\u00a0home where\u00a0a massive fire killed a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327114,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-327113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327113","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=327113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}