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Video: 10 firefighters injured in NY fire

3-alarm fire gutted apartment near Queens College Monday, but firefighters were not seriously hurt; blaze was caused by candle

By Joe Anuta
The Times-Ledger

NEW YORK — A three-alarm fire gutted an apartment in near Queens College Monday, injuring 10 firefighters who responded to the scene but were not seriously hurt.

The FDNY received a call at 5:21 p.m. of a fire in the second floor of a two-story apartment near the intersection of 152nd St. and Jewel Avenue in Kew Gardens Hills.

According to some of the city’s Bravest on the scene, the blaze was caused by a candle.

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