PHOTOS: Five alarm fire burns three townhomes on Staten Island

Firefighters battle a fire that tore through three townhouses on New York City's Staten Island early Thursday, June 5, 2014. At least 34 people were injured, including two young children who were tossed out of a smoke-filled second-floor window into the arms of neighbors below, authorities and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Staten Island Advance, Ryan Lavis) ( Staten Island Fire )

Firefighters battle a fire that tore through three townhouses on New York City's Staten Island early Thursday, June 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Staten Island Advance, Ryan Lavis) ( Staten Island Fire )

A firefighter helps battle a fire that tore through three townhouses on New York City's Staten Island early Thursday, June 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Staten Island Advance, Ryan Lavis) ( Staten Island Fire )

Firefighters continue working the scene of a fire that tore through three townhouses on New York City's Staten Island early Thursday, June 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Staten Island Advance, Irving Silverstein) ( Staten Island Fire )

Firefighters work at the scene of a five-alarm fire that burned for several hours on June 5, 2014 in the Staten Island borough of New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 450103984 )

Firefighters continue working the scene of a fire that tore through three townhouses on New York City's Staten Island early Thursday, June 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Staten Island Advance, Irving Silverstein) ( Staten Island Fire )

A firefighter uses a ladder to examine the damaged roof of 203 and 205 Chestnut Avenue in the Staten Island borough of New York, Thursday, June 5, 2014 after fire tore through three adjacent townhouses early Thursday, injuring 34 people. Witnesses and authorities said two young children were tossed out of a window into the arms of neighbors below. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) ( Staten Island Fire )

Firefighters work at the scene of a five-alarm fire that burned for several hours on June 5, 2014 in the Staten Island borough of New York City. The fire at three townhouses on Staten Island started at around 1am and injured 23 firefighters and 11 civilians. It took 200 firefighters to control the blaze. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 450103982 )

A firefighter, right, watches as another sprays water on 205 Chestnut Avenue in the Staten Island borough of New York, Thursday, June 5, 2014, where 34 people were injured after fire tore through three townhouses on the street early Thursday. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) ( Staten Island Fire )

Firefighters survey damage to the rear of a two-story townhouse at 205 Chestnut Avenue in the Staten Island borough of New York, Thursday, June 5, 2014, after fire severely damaged three adjacent townhouses on the street. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) ( Staten Island Fire )

Firefighter Lou Femia holds Zack the cat after he and other firefighters found the cat in the back of a residential townhouse in the Staten Island borough of New York, Thursday, June 5, 2014. About 200 firefighters responded to the blaze that erupted at about 1 a.m. on the island south of Manhattan. They battled the five-alarm fire for several hours. A Fire Department of New York spokesman said 23 firefighters and 11 civilians suffered injuries ranging from minor to serious but none was considered life-threatening. He said the number was expected to climb slightly. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) ( Staten Island Fire )

Firefighter Lou Femia, left, delivers a cat named Zack to his owner Cindy Piscopo after a fire destroyed Piscopo's home in a townhouse in the Staten Island borough of New York, Thursday, June 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) ( Staten Island Fire )

Cindy Piscopo cuddles her very wet cat Zack after firefighter Lou Femia spotted the cat while battling a blaze in a series of three townhouses, including the one where Piscopo lived, in the Staten Island borough of New York, Thursday, June 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) ( Staten Island Fire )