A devastating two-alarm fire occurred in Bayside, Queens, early on February 16, 2025, claiming the lives of three family members. Emergency responders were alerted to smoke by nearby residents and discovered heavy smoke in the basement of the affected home. Despite efforts to extinguish the flames, firefighters found two unconscious individuals in a first-floor bedroom and another in the basement. The victims, related and ages 56, 54, and 90, were later pronounced dead. Fire Commissioner Robert Tucker expressed deep sorrow over the incident, emphasizing the need to reduce fire fatalities.
We have three people who lost their lives in a fire and that's unacceptable to me, Tucker said. We're gonna do everything at the FDNY to make sure that fire deaths stay low.
The first responding units were alerted to a smoke condition by residents along 34th Avenue, and conducted a canvass of the area to determine the source.
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