Early video & radio traffic: Queens 4th alarm with mayday at Kew Gardens. Eight firefighters hurt.
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Video above from firelinevideo of the 4th alarm in Queens at 84-70 129th Street in Kew Gardens around 7:00 PM last Tuesday. The clip has audio of a mayday for a missing firefighter and video showing a man and woman being brought down the fire escape. Below is a series of early videos from AYOO MATT at the same fire. Some of the videos were seen on FirefighterSpot.com.
The FDNY says a four-alarm fire in Queens that left eleven people injured and dozens out of their homes Tuesday night was accidental.
Investigators say the cause of the fire was electrical, sparked by a failure of structural wiring.
Eight firefighters were among the injured in the fire that ripped through an apartment complex.
"My husband looked out of the window and he saw the flames shooting out of the apartment next door to us," said one woman, who told us she and her husband had no other choice but to come down the fire escape.
"The members today did a fantastic job extinguishing four apartments of fire. This is a non-fire proof building. There's extensive collapse inside the building," said FDNY Deputy Chief Charles Clarke.
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