NEW YORK — The Queens day care where 18 children were injured after a fire broke out due to a faulty lithium-ion battery was unlicensed and illegally running out of a basement, the New York Daily News has learned.
The fire started in the basement of the two-story home on 72nd Drive near 147th Street in Kew Gardens Hills around 2:05 p.m., FDNY officials said.
Both the day care and a dentist lab were operating in the basement, which had been converted without a Department of Buildings work permit, the DOB said.
