Minor Compactor Fire Breaks Out at Queens Multi-Dwelling Building

March 17, 2026 | Queens, NY

Firefighters responded swiftly to a minor blaze in a trash compactor at a multi-family residential building on 40-06 12th Street in Queens on March 17 around 11:50 a.m. The call, identified as Box 7173, brought Ladder 116 to the scene along with two engines and two additional units to extinguish the compactor fire, according to the 1st Responder Wireless News Dispatch, a division of Belsito Communications Inc.

l-116 using 2 Engines and 2 Ladders for a compactor fire in a Multiple Dwelling.

No injuries occurred, and officials described the incident as minor with no further complications.

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