Photo Gallery Fire at E. Elmhurst Laundry Facility By QNS Editorial Posted on May 9, 2013 Sign up for our QNS email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! Firefighters are shown cutting through the metal gates covering a store during a one-alarm fire at a commercial laundry in East Elmhurst last Wednesday morning, May 1, it was reported. According to sources, the blaze broke out at around 8:15 a.m. at the shop located on 85th Street near Astoria Boulevard. There were no reported injuries.