The Patch – January 14, 2017
by imone Wilson (Patch Staff)
FAR ROCKAWAY, QUEENS — A massive, three-alarm house fire at 3 Beatrice Court on the Far Rockaway peninsula across from JFK Airport caused only one minor injury to a firefighter, FDNY officials said, but sent excessive amounts of smoke billowing through the neighborhood Thursday morning.
“Expect smoke & traffic delays in area,” NYC’s Emergency Management Department warned around 10:50 a.m. “People nearby avoid smoke, close windows.”
The fire broke out in the house’s garage around 10:05 a.m., according to the FDNY, and burned for an hour-and-a-half before it was brought under control at 11:35 a.m.
At one point, there was reportedly a worry that the fire would spread to one or more nearby homes, but that luckily never happened, an FDNY spokesman told Patch.
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