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JENNIFER CORR

jcorr@antonmediagroup.com

The Town of Oyster Bay Public Works Yard in Syosset was the scene of a blaze on Valentine’s Day when multiple garbage trucks caught fire.

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“It was basically some sort of a fire on a CNG fuel garbage truck, which was addressed by a fast response from the Syosset Fire Department, who extinguished multiple vehicles that were on fire,” said Alex, a witness to the fire.

According to the Nassau County Fire Marshal’s Office, the time of the fire alarm was 4:49 p.m. on Feb. 14. Two of the three garbage trucks involved with the fire were compressed natural gas powered. The other truck was diesel powered. The fire, according to reports, started in the engine of one of the garbage trucks and spread to the others. Overall, four trucks were damaged.

Syosset Fire Department responded, along with the Nassau County Fire Marshal’s Hazard- ous Materials Division to assist with the compressed natural gas cylinders that were involved with the fire. The Environmental Protection Agency Police were there to facilitate environmental cleanup. East Norwich Volunteer Fire Company and the Oyster Bay Fire Department responded for mutual aid.

The respondents cleared out of the Oyster Bay Public Works Yard at 9:41 p.m. It’s likely the fire had been out well before then, but there was environmental cleanup that had to be done.

No one was hurt in the fire. The Nassau County Fire Marshal’s Office is not investigating the fire. Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino told News 12 that the trucks were older vehicles and were not in service at the time of the fire, and that there will be no disruption to garbage pickup because of the fire. He added that there will be no increase in property taxes because of this either.

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