Firefighters on Saturday morning extinguished a seven-alarm fire that started late Friday night in a Flushing storefront and extended into an adjacent building, according to the FDNY.
After receiving a call just before midnight on Friday, Jan. 8, regarding the blaze at a three-story building located at 136-15 37th Ave., approximately 50 units and 200 FDNY personnel responded to the scene to fight the fire.
The blaze was first classified as a two-alarm fire at 12:11 a.m. on Jan. 9, before slowly progressing to a seven-alarm classification by 5:19 a.m.
The fire’s origin was started in a beauty salon and instantly spread into and destroyed the two neighboring mixed use commercial/apartment buildings that had a pharmacy and a Chinese restaurant.
Rent at an apartment above the store that got engulfed in flames was for 2,600 a month.
This former row of buildings is a stones throw away from the upcoming luxury tower and hotel development at Flushing Creek recently approved by New York City Council.
Fire marshals are investigating the cause of the blaze.
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Flushing was once beautiful….it was destroyed years ago!
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