5 hurt in Qns. blaze
A BLISTERING fire tore through the roof of a Queens home Saturday, injuring three residents and two firefighters, officials said.
The fire broke out in the Ash Ave. home near 149th Place in Flushing about 12:15 p.m., officials said.
Heavy yellow and red flames were shooting out of the attic window under the townhouse’s peaked roof as firefighters arrived and started dousing the fire.
The fire began on the first floor, but quickly spread through the whole building, officials said.
Three residents and two firefighters suffered minor injuries — mostly for smoke inhalation — and were taken to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Queens for treatment, officials said.
The fire was put out in less than two hours, an FDNY spokesman said.
The cause of the fire was under investigation. A MASKED menace burst through the doors of a Brooklyn fried chicken joint Saturday night, whipped out a handgun and shot a man in the face, police said.
The 18-year-old victim – who miraculously survived the attack — was inside a Crown Fried Chicken on Rockaway Ave. near Fulton St. in East New York when his assailant entered at 7:45 p.m., police said.
The suspect took out a revolver and blasted his victim twice, striking the teen’s face and chest, police sources said.
Medics rushed the wounded man to Brookdale Hospital, where police said he was in stable condition.
Blood stains could be seen outside the fast food shop’s entrance late Saturday as police investigated.
“Watch out. There’s a lot of blood in there,” one cop was overheard advising another officer before entering the crime scene.
The gunman took off after the shooting and was still at large Saturday night.