Unbelievable video just aired on @nbcnewyork. This is Breezy Point, Queens. twitter.com/BradGuayWX/sta…
— Brad Guay (@BradGuayWX) October 30, 2012
FDNY Command Chief 4D just requested a 3rd alarm for two blocks of fire in Breezy Point Queens.
— Mike Meyers (@FdnyChief) October 30, 2012
8 to 9 houses on fire in breezy point . fdny units are not able to get to location due to flooding &using drafting because no water source
— Mike Meyers (@FdnyChief) October 30, 2012
#rockaway is surrounded by water and full of firefighters so to have fires raging and not be able to fight them is one of the worst things
— katie honan (@katie_honan) October 30, 2012
Awful. RT @katie_honan: people in #rockaway emailed the newsroom begging us for help. blocks on fire. i dont even know what i can do.
— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) October 30, 2012
heard from a friend — her mom walked 4 blocks with her 88-year-old grandmother on a paddleboard to escape the fire #rockaway
— katie honan (@katie_honan) October 30, 2012
@katie_honan thx u for updates. My house on 129. Gone. But want to know that my sister is safe. I am in LA. Can’t get any updates.
— Amy Patrice Golden (@ItsEasyforMe) October 30, 2012
@katie_honan #243-right next to st. Francis. Surrounded by fire and water. I would do anything to hear her voice. It’s madness. #rockaway
— Amy Patrice Golden (@ItsEasyforMe) October 30, 2012
@katie_honan do you know if any other blocks are on fire? My grandma’s house is on B 134 right across from the elementary school
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) October 30, 2012
QNS 5-ALARM BREEZY POINT FIRE, 15 BUILDINGS FULLY INVOLVED,
— FDNY (@FDNY) October 30, 2012
RT @pbumpLikely that we’ll wake up tomorrow to massive damage in Staten Island and Rockaways, after spending all night sweating Manhattan.
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) October 30, 2012
(Above image updated at 3 am from this one via Jeff Pegues)