Heavy black smoke billowing from a fire in nearby Long Island City Queens could be seen this afternoon across the East River from Roosevelt Island. The Twitterverse reports:
major fire across the river on queens side. smoke just keeps on billowing. #rooseveltislandlucinda covert-vail (@lucindacv) April 3, 2016
Back smoke from fire in LIC Queens this afternoon seen from Roosevelt Island pic.twitter.com/XnZ99qPtxHRoosevelt Islander (@Rooseveltisland) April 3, 2016
#FDNY members on scene of 3-alarm commercial fire at 13 St & 40 Ave #Queens. Follow @FDNYalerts for updates pic.twitter.com/h1vAihHy62FDNY (@FDNY) April 3, 2016
#FDNY #Ladder115 operating at 3-alarm commercial fire at 13 St & 40 Ave #Queens pic.twitter.com/XQBQcT2GAGFDNY (@FDNY) April 3, 2016
Big #fire in #Queens #QueensboroughBridge #EdKochBridge #FDNY @FDNY @RadioRAMPA pic.twitter.com/2GZaIdVPJxRadio RAMPA (@RadioRAMPA) April 3, 2016
Queens **99-44-7183**4th Alarm** 38-72 13 street. Fire in a commercial building, extending to exposures,NYC Fire Wire (@NYCFireWire) April 3, 2016