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Bus Fires Extinguished at School
Story and Video by Ex-Captain Steve Grogan; Photos by Firefighter
Brian Grogan
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4:17 AM on Sunday, November 7, 2010, the Lynbrook Fire
Department, under the command of Chief Raymond Burke, was
dispatched by FIRECOM to a reported bus fire behind the Davison
Avenue School in Lynbrook. The first arriving Lynbrook police
and firefighters found more than one buse fully involved in
fire. Upon the Chief's arrival a general alarm was broadcast
because the buses were parked next to a portable classroom.
Engine Company 421 was first on the scene, followed by Tally-Ho
423, and Truck Company's 428. Engine Company took their first
line to the front of the buses to cool the exposure and begin
the attack of the intense fire consuming the buses. Two of the
buses were totally engulfed while the third bus was also
burning. A second and a third hose line was taken from Engine
421 by members of that company and Tally-Ho. The other fire
companies and the Medical Company stood-by. These new buses
were purchased by the Malverne School District this past
September to take district children to Chaminade and Kellenberg
High Schools. Based on the amount of fire engulfing the buses
the fire was considered suspicious and the Nassau County Fire
Marshal's Office was called to conduct an investigation.
Besides the loss of the three buses there was additional damage
to the portable classroom as the heat broke the
classroom windows. Lynbrook firefighters were at the scene for
about 90 minutes.
WPIX Channel 11 NYC Story. -
WNYW Fox 5 NY News story.
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07/06/20 13:10
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