A video recorded by an eyewitness Thursday captured the terrifying moment a massive fireball overwhelmed a dozen firefighters battling a five-alarm blaze in Queens.
The inferno raged through a row of businesses on Queens Boulevard overnight, collapsing part of a roof and injuring 12 people including seven firefighters.
None of the injuries was considered life-threatening, Emergency Medical Services Chief James Booth said at the scene.
Members of the FDNY were working on the scene of the five-alarm fire in Queens Thursday when a terrifying blast shook the neighborhood
A 'smoke explosion,' also known as backdraft, sent orange flames and smoke into the sky, obscuring everything from view
Firefighters on the scene were overwhelmed by the fireball and smoke that enveloped Queens Boulevard early Thursday morning
The explosion occurred when oxygen was quickly reintroduced to an oxygen-depleted combustible environment during a blaze
The fire was reported in a restaurant called New York Style Eats at around 2.15am, and the flames spread between the roof and ceilings to neighboring stores.
In all, six businesses were ravaged by the fire, according to Assistant Fire Chief Anthony DeVita Jr, including New York Style Eats, a Vietnamese noodle shop, a UPS store, a hardware store, a newly opened sex shop and a popular, only recently renovated bar called Sidetracks.
Orange flames shot into the air and smoke engulfed the neighborhood of Sunnyside.
At least a dozen firefighters were working at the scene when an apparent 'smoke explosion,' also known as backdraft, erupted and the roof collapsed, DeVita said.
Queens resident Joseph John Ramos had his camera trained on the scene of the fire when the backdraft occurred, sending a cloud of thick black smoke and orange flames into the night sky that blotted everything from view, including members of the FDNY on the scene.
When the smoke cleared, it was revealed that all the firefighters survived, prompting New York Fire Department Commissioner Daniel Nigro to call it a 'miracle'
The fire claimed a half-dozen businesses, including a bar, a noodle shop and a UPS store
'The chiefs on scene were proactive,' DeVita said later. 'They saw this was an advanced fire and they began to back the troops out. Because they took that action, that more than likely prevented more serious injuries.'
New York Fire Department Commissioner Daniel Nigro said it was 'a bit of a miracle' that the fireball, produced by oxygen being quickly reintroduced to an oxygen-depleted combustible environment during a blaze, did not kill or seriously hurt anyone, reported New York Times.
Nearly 200 firefighters and emergency personnel worked to prevent the fire from spreading to other structures.
The fire was reported in a restaurant called New York Style Eats and then spread to nearby businesses, including the sex shop Romantic Depot
Nearly 200 firefighters and emergency personnel worked to get the inferno under control
Fire officials said the blaze was under control and the cause was under investigation.
Meanwhile, a GoFundMe campaign called 'Sunnyside Fire Relief Fund' has been launched to help the owners and employees of the businesses affected by Thursday's fire.
As of Friday afternoon, the fundraisers has drawn more than $27,000 in donations.
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Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.
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