At least 75 flooded houses burn as blaze rages in Breezy Point

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The fire raging in flooded Breezy Point, Queens, lights up the horizon.

A fire has destroyed at least 75 homes in a flooded neighborhood in Queens.

A fire department spokesman says more than 190 firefighters are at the blaze in the Rockaway/Breezy Point section. He says two people have suffered minor injuries.

Officials say the blaze 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.

Over 30 cops were stranded trying to respond to the blaze. About 18 cops were stuck on barrier truck after trying to help people who were stranded in the area.

A source said the biggest problem for rescue crews was that there were not police or fire motorboats. Officials only had row boats, which were useless in the raging storm.

A nearby Howard Beach woman drowned because she was unable to get to the second floor, police said.

With AP

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