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Firefighters Respond to
Kitchen Fire
Making donuts nearly destroyed a Lynbrook home Friday night,
December 11, 2015, when oil from the cooking ignited a fire and
destroyed the kitchen in the home. Lynbrook firefighters were
able to put out the fire before it spread to the rest of the
home on Ocean Avenue. Lynbrook firefighters were notified at
6:28 PM of a reported kitchen fire at 471 Ocean Avenue near
Robertson Road. While firefighters were responding they were
notified of numerous calls coming in for that location. Third
Assistant Chief Bill Abrams was first on the scene and found the
fire already blowing out the side window of the home and
immediately broadcast a Signal 10, for a working fire, to the
responding units. Engine Company 1 was first on the scene
and took the hydrant across the street. Firefighters from that
company and the other arriving fire companies stretched three
hose lines to attack the fire which was consuming the whole
kitchen and threatened to engulf the whole house. Engine
Company took a line in the side door and attached the fire which
was rolling across the ceiling towards the other parts of the
home. With the possibility of the fire spreading further
inside the one-story home, Lynbrook Fire Chief James McDermott
requested the assistance of the East Rockaway, Rockville Centre,
and Lakeview Fire Departments. Engine Company firefighters inside the
home battled the kitchen fire and were able to stop its
spread and extinguished the burning walls and cabinets. A
second hose line, handled by other department members, was used
to put the fire out in the roof area around the side window.
Members of Truck Company then began an overhaul of the kitchen
and the outside wall and roof area. Lynbrook's Emergency Medical Company
stood-by but there were no injuries. Additionally, Lynbrook's
Floodlight Unit was on the scene and set up its command post and
used its light towers to light up the fire scene. Firefighters were at the scene for about
an hour. |
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