Mother, 2 children killed in Bayside, Queens house fire
At least three people, including an elderly woman with Alzheimer’s disease and her two adult children, were killed in a raging house fire early Sunday morning in Bayside, Queens, according to neighbors and firefighters.
Firefighters responded to 20th Street between 33rd and 34th Avenues around 2:40 a.m. after receiving reports of a fire, the FDNY said.
Three people were killed in the blaze, fire officials said. Neighbors told The Post early Sunday that the family consisted of a mother, who was in her 90s and had Alzheimer’s; her son; and a daughter who had Down Syndrome.
“They’re all dead. It was a mother and her two children,” the family’s next-door neighbor Desmond Brennan, 81, said.
According to Brennan, both of the children were likely in their 50s.
“It was just black smoke pouring out of the house. I ran out and I saw them bringing one body out and laying it on the ground. They were doing CPR chest compressions but they couldn’t save [them],” he said, adding that the bodies were “covered in black” soot.
“They’ve lived here for a long long time over 50 years. I unfortunately I saw their bodies being brought out,” Brennan said.
“The family has had such a tough time already. I kept looking for their dog. I never saw them bring the dog out,” he added.
At least 106 firefighters and EMS personnel responded to the fire, which was put out just after 4 a.m.
FDNY officials have not yet released the names of the deceased.
