Three dead in illegally converted Queens house fire as survivors leap out windows to escape

Three people died in a Queens fire that tore through a house full of shoddy converted apartments early Sunday — with panicked survivors leaping out of windows to escape the flames, FDNY officials said.

The blaze broke out on Chevy Chase St. near Henley Road in Jamaica Estates about 1:30 a.m., officials said, with the inferno soon bursting through the windows and roof.

FDNY officials described the house as a fire trap, with no apparent smoke detectors, makeshift walls and occupants packed into apartments on the first and second floor as well as the cellar and attic…

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