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FDNY firefighter seriously injured at dollar store fire, 3 others also hurt

The four victims were transported to area hospitals; 138 firefighters from 33 units responded to the Queens fire

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Elizabeth Keogh
New York Daily News

NEW YORK — A firefighter was seriously injured when a blaze tore through a Queens dollar store Wednesday, officials said.

Two other FDNY members and a civilian were also injured after the three-alarm fire erupted in Max 1 Discount on Roosevelt Ave. near 111th St. in north Corona around 5:25 p.m., the FDNY said.

All four were taken to local hospitals.

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Authorities said 138 firefighters from 33 units responded to the fire, which took almost two hours to knock down. The blaze was under control at about 7:05 p.m., the FDNY said.

The cause of the fire was under investigation, an FDNY spokesman said.

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