8/22/2021- 7:50 p.m.
Nearly two dozen people were hurt, and one was left clinging to life, after a a fast-moving fire broke out in a Queens home Sunday morning, officials said.
The blaze broke out on the second floor of the single-family home on Hampton Street near Elmhurst Avenue in Elmhurst about 7:45 a.m., the FDNY said.
EMS took the victims to Elmhurst Hospital and Nassau University Medical Center, police said.
It took 60 firefighters about 45 minutes to bring the blaze under control.
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One person was in critical condition and 22 others, including one firefighter, suffered minor injuries, officials said.
The cause of the blaze was under investigation.
