What to KnowFDNY investigators still haven’t been able to access a Queens apartment building where an eight-alarm inferno broke out Tuesday, displacing 90 families and injuring at least 21 peopleWhile a cause remains under investigation, fire officials believe the blaze started in a top floor apartment and the tenant left the door open while fleeing, allowing the flames to spreadIt took hundreds of firefighters and nearly 12 hours to contain the blaze; the last hotspots were finally extinguished around midnight
Authorities are still trying to ascertain what caused a rare eight-alarm inferno at a Queens apartment building Tuesday, one that displaced about 90 families and hurt nearly two dozen
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