Cause Of Queens Fire Under Investigation
NY1 News 5/24/09
Investigators are trying to determine what sparked a fire in Queens last night that sent at least one person to the hospital.
Officials say the fire broke out on the first floor of a building in Sunnyside.
Firefighters were able to contain the flames to one apartment.
They found found a man unconscious and had to administer CPR.
"It's crazy because around here you don't see that. It's crazy, they just dragged his body out," said one witness.
"He was found in the bedroom, they opened the door and he was pulled out the hallway and removed to the hospital," said FDNY Chief Charles Lamberta.
The victim was taken to Elmhurst Hospital in cardiac arrest.
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