STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The FDNY has responded to at least 10 significant fires on Staten Island over the past three weeks — including a massive shipyard explosion in late May — that injured multiple people, displaced residents and kept firefighters busy from St. George to Huguenot.
From a four-alarm apartment building fire in Port Richmond to back-to-back two-alarm blazes in the Park Hill section of Clifton, the incidents have underscored the relentless pace of emergencies faced by FDNY crews this month.
A firefighter and a civilian suffered minor injuries after a two-alarm blaze tore through a two-story home on Regis Drive in Graniteville at about 12:20 a.m. Tuesday.
The fire spread to an attached home and was elevated to a second alarm at about 12:40 a.m., the FDNY said. Full evacuation orders were issued for both properties due to concerns over structural stability…