"Three people are dead, including a child, after a wind-driven four-alarm fire tore through a multi-family residence in Flushing on Monday, according to authorities. The FDNY received a call just before 12:30 p.m. of a fire on the second and third floors at 44-49 College Point Blvd. and fire crews were on the scene four minutes later."
"As the fire spread through five apartments on the second and third floors, a fourth alarm was transmitted bringing 74 units to the block between Avery Avenue and Pople Avenue with a total of 231 firefighters and EMS personnel to the scene, according to the FDNY."
"As firefighters were climbing to the second floor, the staircase collapsed trapping two firefighters who were extricated and rushed to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries."
A four-alarm fire broke out on March 16 at a multi-family residence at 44-49 College Point Boulevard in Flushing, with the FDNY arriving within four minutes of the 12:30 p.m. call. The wind-driven fire spread across five apartments on the second and third floors, prompting a fourth alarm that deployed 74 units and 231 firefighters and EMS personnel. Three people died, including a juvenile, after becoming trapped in a second-story apartment. Three additional people were injured jumping from top-floor windows. During firefighting operations, a staircase collapsed, trapping two firefighters who sustained non-life-threatening injuries and were hospitalized.
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