The FDNY Queens dispatcher directing units to fires, telling them they'll PASS other fires en route! #badass A day for the history books.
— Mark Chiaradonna (@markchera) October 30, 2012
FDNY Command Chief 4D just requested a 3rd alarm for two blocks of fire in Breezy Point Queens. #Sandy
— Kelsey Duckett (@KelseyDuckett) October 30, 2012
https://twitter.com/BeargalsFan/status/263148915082293248
QNS 3-ALARM OCEANSIDE AVE, MULTIPLE HOUSE ON FIRE,
— FDNY (@FDNY) October 30, 2012
@FDNY what's the status on the 3-alarm in Breezy Point? My mom is stuck at 69 Bedford Ave, fire is not too far away…
— exotic dimensionality (@MaxCountryman) October 30, 2012
@MaxCountryman Right now our computers say around 20 homes on fire. Still at a 3rd alarm.
— FDNY (@FDNY) October 30, 2012
We’ll keeping adding updates through the night.
A live feed link:
LIVE FEED Fires in Queens #Rockaway Park http://t.co/JM75S7uw #sandy #fire
— Color Me Red ? (@ColorMeRed) October 30, 2012
Livestream of scanner activity for FDNY Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island:
https://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=wp&feedId=9358
Several buildings in Rockaway Park currently on fire, FDNY rescuing people by boat http://t.co/e0JrlpIX
— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) October 30, 2012
Updates:
#rockaway is surrounded by water and full of firefighters so to have fires raging and not be able to fight them is one of the worst things
— katie honan (@katie_honan) October 30, 2012
https://twitter.com/Jeffpegues7/status/263143219867561985
heard from a friend in #rockaway — he hears #FDNY arriving to fire on B130. says its about a quarter of a block to the fire
— katie honan (@katie_honan) October 30, 2012
22 Courtney lane in Rockaway point, Queens communications got a call for a house fire with occupants trapped in their attic
— NYCFireWire (@NYCFireWire) October 30, 2012
Complicating factors:
Queens asking for dump trucks to get firefighters across Marine Parkway bridge. 15 homes on fire in Rockaway. #sandy
— Brian Gregory (@Fox31CW2NDBrian) October 30, 2012
#FDNY units told to respond to rockaway fire over marine highway bridge, all other are impassable
— Puck Stopper Photo (@PSPhoto1) October 30, 2012
Sigh:
@michellemalkin Article from ABC 9 hrs ago re: Breezy Point residents refusing to leave http://t.co/EojxH8Xn
— ?? Afterseven ✝️ (@Afterseven) October 30, 2012
More help on the way:
US Army on the move in New York City helping with fires, security and transportation #HOOAH #army @USNationalGuard #sot #nyc #sandy
— NYC ARECS (@nycarecs) October 30, 2012
Update: Breezy Point fire is now reportedly a 5-alarm fire. Still raging. Local NBC affiliate in NYC has video.
Firefighters are battling a four-alarm fire in the Breezy Point section of the Rockaway peninsula in Queens. http://t.co/M7PcCn42
— NBC New York (@NBCNewYork) October 30, 2012
@NBCNewYork It's now a 5 alarm.
— BoredEMT (@BoredEMT) October 30, 2012
Unbelievable video just aired on @NBCNewYork. This is Breezy Point, Queens. pic.twitter.com/C086T9i3
— Brad Guay (@BradGuayWX) October 30, 2012
Update 3:30 a.m. Eastern. The Breezy Point fire has destroyed 50 homes and is now officially a six-alarm fire:
https://twitter.com/nycarecs/status/263179533870563328
The US Army is at the Queens Breezy Point fire with 7 ton trucks escorting firemen into flood zone. #fdny hundreds of fire engines on scene
— NYC ARECS (@nycarecs) October 30, 2012
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