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200 Firefighters Battle Queens Furniture Warehouse Blaze

NEW YORK CITY-An out-of-control fire at an Astoria furniture warehouse has been burning since 1:30 a.m. Fireboats and cherrypickers have been brought to the four-story building in an attempt to contain the flames, which can be seen from Manhattan's East Side.

By Glen Thompson | Updated on October 17, 2001

NEW YORK CITY-A fire that broke out early this morning in a massive Queens furniture warehouse located along the East River has escalated into the city’s first major blaze since the World Trade Center bombings.

More than 200 city firefighters are battling the flames at the Gothic Cabinet Craft Queens Factory Showroom in Astoria. The warehouse, 27-50 1st St., is a four-story building that supplies the company’s 41 locations throughout the city, Long Island, New Jersey and Westchester. Fireboats and cherrypickers have been brought in to help contain the fire, which is visible from East Side Manhattan and the Queensboro Bridge.

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