Boxing Day 2-alarm fire guts Elvina Gdns. apt.

This graphic picture by Marc Apollonio reveals the extent of damage at a small apartment building on Elvina Gardens. That’s the little street that runs east of Mt. Pleasant Rd. one block north of Broadway Ave. The place was apparently vacant because of the the power failure. The fire department was summoned about 5.30 a.m. Boxing Day to what became a two-alarm fire. There were no injuries.