Associated Press
NEW YORK — A fire has raged through more than a dozen storefronts on a block in New York City, injuring three firefighters.
The Fire Department of New York says about 180 firefighters were called to the blaze Friday night in the Kew Gardens neighborhood in Queens.
Flames surged through the roofs of shops in a one-story commercial strip on Vleigh Place. The fire department tweeted a photo of firefighters dousing the roof from a firetruck’s elevated bucket.
The block includes a pizzeria, a law office and kosher food stores.
The fire department says three firefighters have suffered non-life-threatening injuries, though one has more serious injuries than the others.
3 non life-threatening injuries to FFers reported at 5-alarm fire, 77-51 Vleigh Pl #Queens pic.twitter.com/TaMdY2Rf1y
— FDNY (@FDNY) December 31, 2016
#FDNY members are operating on scene of a 4-alarm fire at 77-51 Vleigh Pl #Queens. Follow @FDNYAlerts for updates pic.twitter.com/njobXoNWba
— FDNY (@FDNY) December 31, 2016