Four firefighters were injured battling a three-alarm fire in Hunters Point on Monday morning.
The FDNY received a call at around 8:45 a.m. on June 8 reporting a fire on the top floor of a two-story mixed occupancy building with multiple dwellings at 10-15 48th Ave. in the Hunters Point section of Long Island City. When the flames extended through the roof, a third alarm was transmitted, bringing 63 units with 192 firefighters and EMS personnel to the scene between Vernon Boulevard and 11th Street.
Four firefighters were transported by EMS to area hospitals for treatment with non-life-threatening injuries. No civilians were injured, police said.
The fire was brought under control just before 11 a.m. and FDNY fire marshals are working to determine the cause of the blaze.
Inspectors from the city’s Department of Buildings were called to the scene for a structural stability inspection following the fire. They found fire damage to the second floor, including extensive charring and portions of an open roof. DOB issued a full vacate order for the building and ordered the building owner to install a sidewalk shed at the front of the building due to a section of cornice, the horizontal decorative molding that crowns a building, missing and another section of cornice hanging loose.
