Flushing fi rehouse closed due to health scare
Station disinfected to prevent spreading of disease after fi refi ghter diagnosed with scabies
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
A scabies scare at a Flushing
firehouse forced the FDNY to close
down the station last week for
disinfection.
According to the FDNY, one
of the firefighters from Engine
Company 320 — located with
Ladder Company 167 at 36-18
Francis Lewis Blvd. — was
diagnosed with scabies, a lice-like
infection that causes a mite to
burrow into a person’s skin and lay
eggs, leading to severe itchiness
and a pimple-like skin rash.
The firefighter has since been
treated by a doctor for the infection,
which can be spread from skin-toskin
contact, the Fire Department
said. The New York Post first
reported the story.
On Jan. 3, in compliance to the
Health Department codes, the FDNY
took an “aggressive, proactive
approach” and began to deep-clean
and disinfect Engine 320 and all of
the equipment inside, sources say.
So far, no other firefighters have
been diagnosed with the infection.
The entire staff and others who had
been in contact with the company
over the past six weeks have been
given a topical cream to disinfect
themselves from scabies.
Located in the Auburndale
section of Flushing, Engine 320/
Ladder 167 serves the surrounding
area and is one of the first fire
companies due to respond to
emergencies in the nearby
northeast Queens neighborhoods
of Bayside, Bay Terrace, Murray
Hill and Whitestone.
The FDNY stated that the
companies within Engine 320 are
still in service and responding to
emergencies in their area; however,
they are temporarily working out
of other locations while Engine 320
undergoes cleaning.
At this time, the FDNY
reported, it is unknown when the
Engine 320 firehouse will reopen.
Other nearby firehouses that can
be contacted in case of emergency
in the area include Engine
Company 274 in Flushing and
Engine Company 306 in Bayside.
Robert Pozarycki contributed to
this report. The Francis Lewis Boulevard headquarters of Engine Company 320. Photo via Google Maps
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