NEW SPRINGVILLE, Staten Island (WABC) – Twenty firefighters were injured when a massive fire ripped through multiple buildings on Staten Island.
FDNY officials say the five-alarm fire started in a building on 233 Steinway Avenue in New Springville around 7 p.m. Saturday, and then spread to four other buildings, causing thick, black smoke to blanket the air.
“Surreal. The house was completely engulfed in flames. Every single window you could see the fire coming out of the windows,” said resident Oshri Rauven.
