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BURNED TO A CRISP
Cause still unknown in massive Sunnyside inferno
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
rpozarycki@qns.com
@robbpoz
As Th e Courier went to press on
Wednesday aft ernoon, FDNY marshals
were still looking into the cause of the
fi ve-alarm inferno that destroyed a row of
Sunnyside on Dec. 13.
Twelve people, including seven fi refi
ghters, were injured aft er fl ames ripped
through a row of stores on Queens
Boulevard near 45th Street at about 2:14
a.m. last Th ursday.
Fire Department sources said the fl ames
ignited inside of the New York Style Eats
restaurant located at 45-02 Queens Blvd.,
near 45th Street. Th e fi re then rapidly
spread to several adjacent businesses.
Firefi ghters arrived on the scene within
four minutes of a 911 call about the fi re,
according to Assistant Chief Anthony
DeVita. Th e FDNY determined that six
businesses along Queens Boulevard were
aff ected by the blaze; fi refi ghters worked
to prevent the fl ames from spreading
to adjoining residential and commercial
Firefi ghters dousing hot spots at one of several Sunnyside stores that burned in a fi ve-alarm inferno on Dec. 13.
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The backdraft emanating from stores along Queens Boulevard in Sunnyside on Dec. 13.
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