Overview
- The fire, which started Sunday around 5:30 p.m. inside Mr. D's barbershop at 409 Rockaway Avenue, spread through a two-story building.
- Four neighboring businesses were hit, with the barbershop and an adjacent salon burned and a pizza shop and upholstery store left with heavy smoke damage.
- Flames reached the upstairs apartments, displacing residents as the Red Cross began assisting at least three families with emergency needs.
- Investigators determined the cause was electrical after finding faulty surge plugs in the back of the barbershop, and they ruled the blaze not suspicious.
- About 100 firefighters brought the fire under control in roughly 45 minutes, with ABC7 and CBS reporting three minor injuries while police earlier told Newsday there were none.