'Death Trap' Haunted House Shut Down by Fire Department

A haunted house in New York City was ordered to vacate after an investigation by the city's fire department, including blocked exits and poor electrical practices

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The exterior of 'A Haunting in Hollis.'

The FDNY is shutting down what it called a "death trap" of a haunted house in New York City.

On Friday, Oct. 11, local outlets WABC and FOX 5 NY reported that the New York City Fire Department shut down a haunted house in Queens on alleged safety violations after department members reported the attraction to the Bureau of Fire Prevention.

According to its website, "A Haunting In Hollis" offers a maze, escape rooms with live actors and overnight stays, with tickets starting at $30 for the maze.

However, the FDNY told the local outlets that the Queens home was a private dwelling that was using unsafe practices, including blocked exits, use and accumulation of combustible materials, poor electrical practices and holes in the walls and floors.

<p>ahauntinginhollis/Instagram</p> Footage from inside the haunted house, from the attraction's Instagram page.

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Footage from inside the haunted house, from the attraction's Instagram page.

"The building itself [of] the interior was altered, it had a very heavy fire load, there was a lot of plastic hanging," FDNY Chief of Fire Prevention Thomas Currao told WABC.

"There was a smoke machine that was illegal, like [you] couldn't find a small place that had more hazards in it," Currao added. "But thank God we were alerted to it."

New York City's Department of Buildings confirmed in a post on X (formerly Twitter) that it had inspected the building alongside FDNY, calling it a "real horror show."

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<p>ahauntinginhollis/Instagram</p> Additional footage of the haunted house.

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Additional footage of the haunted house.

"We inspected a real horror show in Queens last week," the post states. "DOB and @FDNY personnel were called to conduct a joint inspection to investigate reports that a 2-story residential building had illegally been converted into a commercial haunted house, with a literal maze inside..."

The FDNY added in a statement to FOX 5 that "all of the conditions and violations required immediate action as they posed Life Safety Hazards that could have been tragic if there was a fire at this location."

New York City Mayor Eric Adams commented on the investigation, writing in his own X post: "DO have spooky fun this Halloween. DON'T get tricked by illegal haunted houses."

"Thank you to the @FDNY and @NYC_Buildings teams for quickly shutting down this dangerous operation that was scary for all the wrong reasons."

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The outlets reported that the Department of Buildings issued a full vacate order as well as summonses to the attraction's owners.

"We want everyone to enjoy Halloween, it's a great, great holiday, I have children, but we want them to do it safely," FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker told WABC. "And that is a death trap that we came upon."

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