Ten people, including five firefighters, They were injured in a fire The explosion occurred at a tire store and an apartment building in Queens early Saturday, officials said.
The fire broke out around 4:30 a.m. in the tire shop on the ground floor and quickly spread to two floors of apartments above. Flushing Street near Woodward Avenue. In Ridgewood, according to FDNY.
“This was a stubborn, deep fire that involved thousands of tires, making extinguishment particularly difficult,” said David Sims, assistant chief of the New York Police Department.
The video has been posted The FDNY’s X account showed huge walls of smoke billowing from the building’s windows.
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Ten people, including four firefighters, were injured after a three-alarm fire broke out at 19-05 Flushing Street in Queens on Saturday, January 17, 2026. (Theodore Parisien/New York Daily News)
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Ten people, including four firefighters, were injured after a three-alarm fire broke out at 19-05 Flushing Street in Queens on Saturday, January 17, 2026. (Theodore Parisien/New York Daily News)
Nearly 120 firefighters and EMS responded to the blaze and firefighters had the blaze under control by 7:30 a.m., officials said.
Five smokers suffered minor injuries and were taken to local hospitals. Five citizens were also slightly injured and were treated in hospitals.
Firefighters were working to determine the cause of the fire on Saturday morning.