A lamp is being blamed for accidentally sparking a building fire in Queens. 

Fire officials say flames broke out on the 11th floor of an apartment building on Shore Front Parkway in Rockaway Beach Friday morning. 

Investigators say the lamp was next to flammable materials and there was no smoke alarm.

Local Assemblywoman and building resident Stacey Pheffer Amato says a hoarder lived in the apartment where the fire began. 

Seventeen people were injured, including several police officers and firefighters.

One person was taken to the hospital in critical condition. 

Officials say the high winds made the fire hard to contain, but crews got it under control within an hour.