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Six Alarm Fire Destroys Church
April 23, 2026 | NEW YORK
DAVID BURNS, Senior Correspondent

Photo by David Burns/@FD4DScene

Photo by David Burns/@FD4DScene

Photo by David Burns/@FD4DScene
This article is a direct street report from our correspondent and has not been edited by the 1st Responder newsroom.
Queens Box 5-5- 75090- for a Fifth Alarm involving Astoria’s First Reformed Church formed in 1839. The Box was transmitted at 1851 and successive alarms were quickly transmitted. At 2026 and additional alarm was transmitted for a six alarm response along with numerous special calls. One firefighter was injured in a collapse and was transported to Elmhurst Hospital Trauma Center. No other details were available, and the cause of the fire will be investigated .