FDNY saves mother, children from house fire in Queens
QUEENS - Firefighters rescued a mother and her children from a house fire in Queens on Monday morning.
The fire was reported at a home on 60th Road near Fresh Pond Road and Mt. Olivet Crescent in Maspeth just before noon.
Firefighters arrived on the scene to find a two-story home engulfed in flames.
The mother and her two children were pulled from the burning building with minor injuries. All were taken to Elmhurst Hospital and are expected to survive.
Two firefighters sustained minor injuries and were taken to nearby hospitals.
It took roughly 140 firefighters 90 minutes to get the fire under control.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Neighbors told FOX 5 NY they launched a GoFundMe page to raise money for the family.
"Her whole family lost everything. We as neighbors and friends are trying to do our best to help them anyway we can," Tiffany Alvarez, organizer of the page, wrote.