Jackson Heights Fire in Furniture Store in Queens

by Amy Judd | February 13, 2010 at 11:45 am

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In the Jackson Heights section of Queens a fire started in a furniture store at 84-09 37th Avenue just before 10am local time.

It took over 180 firefighters to get the blaze under control, which was finally extinguished at around 1:15pm.

The fire affected nearby commercial buildings as it burned through the roof of the furniture store and affected the following establishments;

35-59, 35-61, 35-63, and 35-65 84th St -- each of these buildings are one-story commercial dwellings.

35-43 84th St is a six-story occupied dwelling, that is next to the fire buildings, but no fire has enter the building as yet. However, residents are being evacuated as a precaution and being ushered down to 35 Ave.

No one was reported as injured, but the area around the fire was closed and traffic had to be diverted.

The Q33 bus was re-routed around the fire as well.

The cause of the fire is not known at this point.