YourNabe.com 1/21/09
RICHMOND
HILL — A two−alarm fire caused serious
damage to a mixed−use building Jan. 13,
firefighters said.
The blaze erupted at the Beep America
store at 112−05 Jamaica Ave. around 5
p.m., according to the FDNY.
Construction workers were removing a
boiler from the building’s cellar with a
blow torch and started the fire, which
worked its way to the first floor,
according to tenants who lived in the
building.
The FDNY said it was still investigating
the cause of the fire, which sent to
firefighters to an undisclosed hospital
for smoke inhalation.
Tenants, who lived in the apartments on
the building’s second and third stories,
said they smelled the smoke, called 911
and fled before the fire got to their
homes. The store’s windows were blown
out and parts of the store were burned
out.
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