SUPERSTORM SANDY IS MARCHING SLOWLY INLAND AFTER LEAVING AT LEAST 17 DEAD IN ITS MARCH UP THE EAST COAST. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE WITHOUT POWER OR MASS TRANSIT AND MANY AREAS ARE FLOODED.
MEANWHILE, A HUGE FIRE DESTROYED BETWEEN 80 AND 100 HOUSES IN A FLOODED NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE NEW YORK CITY BOROUGH OF QUEENS. MORE THAN 190 FIREFIGHTERS HAVE CONTAINED THE SIX-ALARM BLAZE FIRE IN THE BREEZY POINT SECTION, BUT THEY ARE STILL PUTTING OUT SOME POCKETS OF FIRE.
A FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAYS ONE FIREFIGHTER SUFFERED A MINOR INJURY AND WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL. TWO CIVILIANS SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES AND WERE TREATED AT THE SCENE. OFFICIALS SAY THE FIRE WAS REPORTED AROUND 11 P.M. MONDAY IN AN AREA FLOODED BY THE SUPERSTORM THAT BEGAN SWEEPING THROUGH THE CITY EARLIER.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD SITS ON THE ROCKAWAY PENINSULA JUTTING INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
