FDNY early raw video: Initial attack at three-alarm house fire with exposures in Queens.
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Thanks to BuffNetwork.com for alerting us to this 23-minutes of video by AfterSchoolBusTime on YouTube of the initial attack at a fire in Queens yesterday evening.
Firefighters battled a three-alarm fire in a private home in Douglaston, Queens.
The two-story home at 39-12 Douglaston Parkway was fully engulfed in flames and neighboring homes had some minor damage.
The fire started at 7:50 p.m. and was out by 10 p.m.
About 100 firefighters responded to the scene.
The New York City Fire Department said the fire spread to the side of a neighboring home that was occupied but they were able to get in under control and no injuries were reported.
“I heard at least two explosions, very loud, one was louder than the other, quite loud explosions,” said one witness. “I have no idea what it was. Nothing different, just a massive wall of high fiery flames.”
Battalion Chief James Doherty said the property was sprawling, 90 feet into the interior, which made it difficult for firefighters to gain access. The fire quickly went to three alarms. Jean Guo, who has lived in the house with her husband for five years, told PIX11 News nobody was in the house during renovation. Looking at the home ravaged by fire, she said tearfully, “We lost everything.” Fire Marshals were at the scene trying to determine the cause of the fire.
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