A woman is dead and another person is still unaccounted for following a Queens house fire.
Four people jumped out of the rear windows, and two people were rescued from the second floor, Elmhurst Assistant Fire Chief David Simms told CBS reporters.
At the height of the four-alarm fire, a specialized rescue unit waded through three to four feet of water searching the basement. That's where they found a 34-year-old woman dead, and the other is still missing.
Among the six people transported to the hospital were two youths, 10 and 13.
The cause is under investigation.
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Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues.