Frankenstorm Sandy causes over a dozen fires across New York City
New York, Oct 30: Frankenstrom Sandy caused a major fire in the Breezy Point area of Queens, New York, engulfing 50 houses. Nearly 200 fire brigade staff have been rushed to the scene. One fire
In Breezy Point, one six alarm blaze destroyed a large number of homes.
An FDNY spokesman said, many of these fires were probably a result of the storm.
“It would seem that most of them are storm-related,” he said, going on to cite several factors that contributed to the hot night in New York.
“No one's there, escalation being a lot quicker due to our response times being slowed down, or gas problems.”