NYPD: 3 dead, 6 hurt in Queens fire
Firefighters at the scene of a fatal house fire on 211th Street in Queens on Sunday. Credit: James Carbone
Three people died and six more were injured, three critically, after a three-alarm fire broke out late Saturday night at a Queens home, authorities said Sunday.
Pyara Kainth, 87, and two women, Ragvir Kaur-Kainth, 82, and Harleen Kaur, 32, died in the fire, the NYPD said. Police are still investigating the deceased’s ties to each other.
A girl, 8, was taken to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow in critical condition, police said. A man, 18, and a boy, 6, were listed in stable condition at the same hospital, police said.
Two men, 53 and 56, were in critical condition at Queens Hospital Center, police said, and a man, 45, was in stable condition there.
The NYPD said officers responded at 11:55 p.m. to a 911 call of a fire inside the house on 211th Street.
A fire department spokeswoman said it took about two hours to bring the blaze under control.
Police said the fire marshal will determine the cause of the fire and the investigation is ongoing.
There were no further details immediately available.
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