10 injured after fire breaks out in house in South Jamaica, Queens

Friday, September 8, 2017
SOUTH JAMAICA, Queens (WABC) -- Ten people were injured in a second-alarm house fire in Queens early Friday.

The fire broke out inside the house on 147th Street in South Jamaica just after 3:30 a.m.
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Firefighters found three sisters in a second floor bedroom and took them to safety.

Among the injured was a 16-year-old girl who was taken to the Cornell burn unit at New YorkPresbyterian Hospital with serious injuries.

Three people were hospitalized with smoke inhalation.
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Several firefighters were treated for minor injuries.

No smoke detectors were present in the house. The cause of the fire is under investigation
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