From the NY Times:A man was found dead as firefighters extinguished a blaze on the top floor of a three-story brick commercial building in Flushing, Queens, on Saturday afternoon, the authorities said.
The victim, who was not immediately identified by name, was found shortly before 3 p.m. inside the third-floor office at 136-79 Roosevelt Avenue, just east of Main Street, said firefighter Richard T. Viglione, a spokesman for the New York Fire Department.
It was unclear how the fire began, Mr. Viglione said, but a police official said detectives were investigating the death as a possible homicide.
A second man, “with serious burns,” was injured in the fire, and taken to New York Hospital Queens, Mr. Viglione said.
A caller to 911 reported the fire at 2:34 p.m. Mr. Viglione said it was a one-alarm blaze that was contained to that location. The first companies to arrive included engine companies 273 and 320 and ladder companies 129 and 130. The fire was under control in 29 minutes, or by 3:03 p.m., Mr. Viglione said.
He said the body of the man, who appeared to be in his 40s, was discovered by firefighters were battling the fire.
Update: It may have been a murder-suicide sparked by a dispute over immigration papers.
9 comments:
Flushing is a nightmare, get out of Queens now while you still can, run for your lives, what a dump!!!
I CONCUR!! PLACE IS A TOTAL MESS
Sell out politicians accompanied by docile and scared Irish/Italians are the reason Flushing turned into a 3rd world dump.
Maybe if the prior residents had a back bone and some common sense they could have preserved this great neighborhood/town but were talking about Irish/Italian people here.
No doubt that "Chinos" (Chinese) were involved.
That's what happens when Oriental colonize a former thriving downtown area.
Let's see now....there has been a steady increase in illegal gambling, whore houses, human trafficking, counterfeit goods, smuggling, arson, extortion and murder, etc. since the Asians took over.
"Nice" place to live now....isn't it?
PHEW!
And Muss's "Sky View Parc" ain't doing so good we've observed.
What are you all talking about? The local papers all say that Flushing is a VIBRANT! DIVERSE! utopia.
lets not start putting blame on specific groups of people, but rather start a change. Putting labels on asians, italians, russians, etc.? really? Why would you want to be as ignorant as those who chose to do these heinous acts. Shouldn't you be the one that starts the change? DON'T BE IGNORANT! LEARN AND MAKE WAY FOR CHANGE!
From the picture it looks like there were lots of cell towers on the building. All those microwaves bombarding the man's brain and body probably made the man suicidal. Or maybe all those microwaves started a fire. Those cell towers are a threat to everyone's health.
Vibrant and Diverse:( MY Ass!!! This place is Insane:( I have never seen such RUDE,NASTY,CUT THROAT F"RS In MY LIFE:(
You cannot identify a body that has never been documented?
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