Friday, June 18, 2010

Fire in Fresh Meadows

QUEENS (WABC) -- A second-alarm fire tore through a several stores on a commercial strip in the Fresh Meadows section of Queens.

The fire burned through the businesses on Union Turnpike just after 1:30 a.m. Friday. Flames shot through the roof of the one-story strip.

A nail salon, a restaurant and an Allstate insurance business were damaged.

Firefighters put out the flames in about 40 minutes.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

No mention on here about the Fedora Foods Warehouse Fire in Willets Point?

Anonymous said...

The damaged restaurant was Cooking with Jazz! :( They announced on their website they're closed indefinitely.

Chris said...

and i was looking forward going there tommorrow.oh well

Anonymous said...

Seems to me that there is sure a lot of store fires. Insurance or arsonist?

Anonymous said...

Did'nt realize that Cooking with Jazz took over the resturant that housed Vino. I remember the them in Whitestone - Great resturant. This fire is very unfortunate.