Firefighters respond to a scene at 86th Street and Third Avenue
Firefighters responded to what is being described as an electrical fire at the Red Barn Farms Fruit and Vegetable store at 306 86th Street at around 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 24.
The store was still open at the time and an employee evacuated the shop with two young customers and called 9-1-1 after they smelled smoke. No one was injured.
The fire started under the fridge; it was electrical, I think, but we don’t know what happened yet, said Gina Tamzarian as she stood on the sidewalk watching firefighters pump water through the door and place a large fan to get out all the smoke. [The boy] noticed it first and I looked and called for help straightaway. The smoke was spreading fast.