An apartment caught fire yesterday in Queens, New York City. A man died because firefighters couldn't access the fire hydrant. A car is now parked on the same fire hydrant the day after this tragedy - AOS for Lemmy.World - A generic Lemmy server for everyone to use.

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An apartment caught fire yesterday in Queens, New York City. A man died because firefighters couldn't access the fire hydrant. A car is now parked on the same fire hydrant the day after this tragedy

3mon 1d ago by lemmy.world/u/tgcoldrockn in nyc from cdn.imgchest.com

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/59230075

Yes, this is real

https://qns.com/2026/02/man-killed-elmhurst-fire/

https://pix11.com/news/local-news/queens/car-blocks-hydrant-during-fatal-fire-in-queens-fdny/

https://nypost.com/2026/02/16/us-news/nyc-apartment-fire-kills-1-after-firefighters-struggle-to-put-out-blaze-due-to-blocked-hydrant/

I thought firetrucks were designed to shove little things like that out of the way?