Firefighters Battle Residential Blaze In West Islip: FD
WEST ISLIP, NY — Firefighters extinguished a fire that broke out at a West Islip residence on Sunday, Suffolk County police told Patch.
West Islip firefighters responded to a house fire on Southside Avenue around 5:45 p.m. Upon arrival, West Islip’s third Assistant Chief Sean O’Hora “confirmed a fully involved detached garage close to a house and requested to transmit a working fire,” fire department officials said.
According to the fire department, Vanguard Engine Company 3-17-2 arrived on the scene within minutes and began stretching hose lines as other companies were arriving.
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Officials said that the Bay Shore Fire Department responded with a Firefighter Assist Search Team truck and the Babylon Fire Department was requested to stand by at West Islip’s headquarters
Officials said it took crews about half an hour to bring the fire under control after they put water on the fire and began searching the garage.
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Firefighters said that all searches “were negative” and no injuries were reported.
The fire is under investigation by the Town of Islip’s Fire Marshal’s Office and the Suffolk County Police Department Arson Squad.
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