There was nothing slow about the Myrtle Turtles of Ladder Company 135 on Sunday afternoon.
Units responded to a two-story private home at 74-02 66th Dr., off 74th Street, a block north of Metropolitan Avenue, at around 2:30 p.m. on June 11 and found fire and heavy smoke conditions on the second floor.
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The FDNY dispatched 65 firefighters from 12 units that deployed two hose lines to knock down the main body of the blaze in less than a half hour. Searches throughout the building yielded negative results and the fire was placed under control at 3 p.m., according to the FDNY.
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The cause is under investigation by the FDNY’s fire marshals office.
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Additional reporting by Lloyd Mitchell.