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Local vamps fight two house blazes
On Mon., Jan. 22, a roaring blaze consumed a home on North Hawthorn St., North Massapequa. The blaze brought out firefighters from North Massapequa and surrounding areas. Despite the intensity of the blaze, and difficult weather conditions, there were no reported injuries. The fire broke out at approximately 4 p.m., and arriving fire units found the home fully engulfed. The temperatures were below freezing and added to the problem of fighting the blaze by creating heavy smoke and icy conditions. "There were no injuries, thank goodness, of either firefighters or occupants," said North Massapequa 3rd Ass't. Chief Robert Schmidgall. "At one point we thought there was someone in the basement, but we soon found out that we had gotten everyone out safely."
A family of five, whose name was not released by police, lived in the home. They were assisted by the American Red Cross of Nassau County which, provided them with temporary shelter, food, clothing and counseling at an estimated cost of $2,000 according to Red Cross. Sources said that the fire may have started as a result of some children playing with fireworks, but that could not immediately be confirmed. The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Nassau County Fire Marshall's office. The devastated house was razed by the Town of Oyster Bay the following day. The second house fire took place days before, on Thurs., Jan. 17, at125 Ohio Avenue in Massapequa. The fire was reported at approximately 7 p.m. In less than a minute, 40 firefighters from the Massapequa Fire Department responded to the house, which was already ravaged by flames. "When we pulled up, the fire was well underway in the garage and was spreading to the house," said Massapequa Fire Chief Tom Kenneally. He said that the fire was electrical in nature and likely started in a freezer located in the garage. Everyone was out of the house by the time firefighters arrived at the scene and residents of neighboring homes were evacuated. An adjacent home sustained some minor fire damge to its siding.
One firefighter sustained smoke inhalation at the scene and was taken to the hospital where he was treated and released.
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