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Two-alarm fi re rips through Richmond Hill storefront
BY BILL PARRY
BPARRY@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
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More than 100 FDNY personnel
extinguished an early
morning blaze that broke out
Tuesday, July 13, on Jamaica Avenue in
a Richmond Hill storefront.
The fi re broke out just aft er 1 a.m. at
Maria’s Nail and Beauty Supply at 102-
19 Jamaica Ave. beneath the J/Z subway
line, according to the FDNY.
The blaze was classifi ed as a twoalarm
fi re, bringing 25 units and more
than 100 fi refi ghters and EMS personnel.
It was a tight squeeze for Richmond
Hill’s Ladder 143 and Ladder 127 from
Hillside Avenue. The fi re was placed
under control just aft er 2 a.m. and four
fi refi ghters suff ered minor injuries.
They were removed to area hospitals
for treatment, according to the FDNY.
Several families from second-fl oor
apartments were displaced by the fi re.
This stretch of Jamaica Avenue in Richmond
Hill is no stranger to devastating
fi res. Just fi ve months ago, a fi ve-alarm
fi re broke out at the Dollar Store at
109-25 Jamaica Ave. and destroyed six
buildings.
Prior to that, dozens of people were
displaced during a six-alarm inferno
in December at 109-25 Jamaica Ave. just
two blocks away. Firefi ghters at the scene of a two-alarm fi re in Richmond Hill. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
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