Three Killed, Four Injured in Fatal Three-Alarm Fire

UPDATE: According to FDNY officials, all residents have been accounted for and there are no additional patients.

Three people died, four were injured, and two are unaccounted for after a devastating three-alarm fire in an Elmhurst multi-family home early Saturday morning, firefighters say.

At 5:37 a.m. firefighters responded to a report of a fire at 90-31 48th Avenue.

In a press briefing, Chief of Fire Operations Thomas Richardson said the first units arrived in two minutes, where they discovered the fire was “advanced”, meaning the blaze had already spread through all three floors of the building.

The fire was quickly raised to a third alarm, and 145 firefighters and EMS personnel responded in total.

Chief Richardson described the extensive damage to the building, including a roof collapse and structure collapse on the second floor.

According to Chief Stephen Russo of the Bureau of EMS Operations, three residents evacuated the building, and two were transported to area hospitals for minor injuries.

Firefighters located three people who were pronounced dead on arrival.

Chief Richardson stated that eight people are believed to have lived in the building, and two remain unaccounted for. The search is ongoing, and it is unknown if they were in the building at the time.

Two firefighters sustained minor injuries in the blaze—one of whom fell through a hole in the floor while entering the building.

The fire has now been deemed under control and it has not spread to neighboring buildings. The cause of the blaze is under investigation, but it likely started on the first floor.

UPDATE: According to FDNY officials, all residents have been accounted for and there are no additional patients.

Three people died, four were injured, and two are unaccounted for after a devastating three-alarm fire in an Elmhurst multi-family home early Saturday morning, firefighters say.

At 5:37 a.m. firefighters responded to a report of a fire at 90-31 48th Avenue.

In a press briefing, Chief of Fire Operations Thomas Richardson said the first units arrived in two minutes, where they discovered the fire was “advanced”, meaning the blaze had already spread through all three floors of the building.

The fire was quickly raised to a third alarm, and 145 firefighters and EMS personnel responded in total.

Chief Richardson described the extensive damage to the building, including a roof collapse and structure collapse on the second floor.

According to Chief Stephen Russo of the Bureau of EMS Operations, three residents evacuated the building, and two were transported to area hospitals for minor injuries.

Firefighters located three people who were pronounced dead on arrival.

Chief Richardson stated that eight people are believed to have lived in the building, and two remain unaccounted for. The search is ongoing, and it is unknown if they were in the building at the time.

Two firefighters sustained minor injuries in the blaze—one of whom fell through a hole in the floor while entering the building.

The fire has now been deemed under control and it has not spread to neighboring buildings. The cause of the blaze is under investigation, but it likely started on the first floor.

UPDATE: According to FDNY officials, all residents have been accounted for and there are no additional patients.

Three people died, four were injured, and two are unaccounted for after a devastating three-alarm fire in an Elmhurst multi-family home early Saturday morning, firefighters say.

At 5:37 a.m. firefighters responded to a report of a fire at 90-31 48th Avenue.

In a press briefing, Chief of Fire Operations Thomas Richardson said the first units arrived in two minutes, where they discovered the fire was “advanced”, meaning the blaze had already spread through all three floors of the building.

The fire was quickly raised to a third alarm, and 145 firefighters and EMS personnel responded in total.

Chief Richardson described the extensive damage to the building, including a roof collapse and structure collapse on the second floor.

According to Chief Stephen Russo of the Bureau of EMS Operations, three residents evacuated the building, and two were transported to area hospitals for minor injuries.

Firefighters located three people who were pronounced dead on arrival.

Chief Richardson stated that eight people are believed to have lived in the building, and two remain unaccounted for. The search is ongoing, and it is unknown if they were in the building at the time.

Two firefighters sustained minor injuries in the blaze—one of whom fell through a hole in the floor while entering the building.

The fire has now been deemed under control and it has not spread to neighboring buildings. The cause of the blaze is under investigation, but it likely started on the first floor.

UPDATE: According to FDNY officials, all residents have been accounted for and there are no additional patients.

Three people died, four were injured, and two are unaccounted for after a devastating three-alarm fire in an Elmhurst multi-family home early Saturday morning, firefighters say.

At 5:37 a.m. firefighters responded to a report of a fire at 90-31 48th Avenue.

In a press briefing, Chief of Fire Operations Thomas Richardson said the first units arrived in two minutes, where they discovered the fire was “advanced”, meaning the blaze had already spread through all three floors of the building.

The fire was quickly raised to a third alarm, and 145 firefighters and EMS personnel responded in total.

Chief Richardson described the extensive damage to the building, including a roof collapse and structure collapse on the second floor.

According to Chief Stephen Russo of the Bureau of EMS Operations, three residents evacuated the building, and two were transported to area hospitals for minor injuries.

Firefighters located three people who were pronounced dead on arrival.

Chief Richardson stated that eight people are believed to have lived in the building, and two remain unaccounted for. The search is ongoing, and it is unknown if they were in the building at the time.

Two firefighters sustained minor injuries in the blaze—one of whom fell through a hole in the floor while entering the building.

The fire has now been deemed under control and it has not spread to neighboring buildings. The cause of the blaze is under investigation, but it likely started on the first floor.

UPDATE: According to FDNY officials, all residents have been accounted for and there are no additional patients.

Three people died, four were injured, and two are unaccounted for after a devastating three-alarm fire in an Elmhurst multi-family home early Saturday morning, firefighters say.

At 5:37 a.m. firefighters responded to a report of a fire at 90-31 48th Avenue.

In a press briefing, Chief of Fire Operations Thomas Richardson said the first units arrived in two minutes, where they discovered the fire was “advanced”, meaning the blaze had already spread through all three floors of the building.

The fire was quickly raised to a third alarm, and 145 firefighters and EMS personnel responded in total.

Chief Richardson described the extensive damage to the building, including a roof collapse and structure collapse on the second floor.

According to Chief Stephen Russo of the Bureau of EMS Operations, three residents evacuated the building, and two were transported to area hospitals for minor injuries.

Firefighters located three people who were pronounced dead on arrival.

Chief Richardson stated that eight people are believed to have lived in the building, and two remain unaccounted for. The search is ongoing, and it is unknown if they were in the building at the time.

Two firefighters sustained minor injuries in the blaze—one of whom fell through a hole in the floor while entering the building.

The fire has now been deemed under control and it has not spread to neighboring buildings. The cause of the blaze is under investigation, but it likely started on the first floor.