FDNY rescues two residents from three-alarm house fire in Richmond Hill

  • Source: QNS
  • Published: 04/25/2024 12:00 AM

PHOTOS: The FDNY had a massive response to a three-alarm house fire in Richmond Hill on Wednesday morning. After receiving a call at 10:22 a.m. reporting a fire on the second floor of a two-story private home at 87-35 126th St., firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke billowing from the wood-frame building. The FDNY transmitted a second alarm at 10:33 a.m. after the fire extended to a brick two-story home next door. The blaze went to a third alarm at 10:59 a.m. bringing a total of 33 units and 138 firefighters and EMS personnel to the scene. Firefighters rescued two trapped civilians from the second floor and EMS transported the man and woman to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where they were listed in stable condition with minor injuries. Firefighters cut numerous holes in the roof and knocked down the main body of the blaze.



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