Kitchen Fire in Massapequa

The Massapequa Fire Department was alerted fora house fire on Shinnecock Avenue about 0025 on May 3, 2023. Chief of Department Monjardo, First Assistant Chief Friedland, Second Assistant Chief Zimmerman and newly elected Third Assistant Chief McCaffrey, who got to the office only three hours before, arrived to fire in the ceiling. Engine 6314 reported smoke showing. The fire was quickly knocked down and contained to the kitchen area. All searches of the home were negative, except forone dog that was removed uninjured. All occupants home at the time exited safely. Mutual aid came from Amityville. Chief of Department Monjardo was in charge of the scene.

The Levittown Fire Department responded to a report of a house fire on Blacksmith Road in Levittown on April 18, 2023, at 1215. Afire had started underneath the solarpanels on the roof. Firefighters quickly de-energized the powerand isolated and extinguished the fire. Levittown operated at the scene with three engines, two ladders, an ambulance, and fire police for45-minutes.