21 injured, including 16 firefighters, in Queens apartment building fire
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An eight-alarm fire tore through an apartment building in Queens Tuesday afternoon, leaving 21 injured, including 16 firefighters, and displacing more than 200 residents.
The fire broke out as four-alarm blaze on the top floor of the six-story building on 34th Avenue in Jackson Heights around 1 p.m. and quickly spread into the cockloft.
Approximately 400 FDNY members responded and continue to fight the ferocious fire.
Officials say the FDNY will be at the scene through the night and the next few days. When the units arrived, the door of apartment was open, there was an advanced fire, FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said. The first units in were trying to make their advance, three of the members were burned. Thankfully the burns were not serious, although they have been taken to the hospital.
The Silver Fox? Alibi Inn? Schaffer’s? Which South Shore or Mid-Island bar was your go-to back in the day?
Updated Feb 26, 2021;
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - I just want to say one thing before we get started: I know that I’m going to forget somebody’s favorite watering hole.
That’s where you come in. If I did neglect to mention your go-to saloon and you can send me a picture, please do, and I’ll make sure that it gets included.
Meanwhile, I hope you’ll enjoy this trip (or stumble) down memory lane as we take a look back at some of iconic bars, watering holes and saloons that were on Staten Island’s South Shore and Mid-Island.