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Seaford home erupts in flames
TwISTER, A HEARTwoRMPoSITIVE dog, is staying at Last Hope while he receives treatment.
Woman wakes up just in time to get her family out unharmed to the other side of Bryant Drive, the house was engulfed in flames. Sabrina Santoro woke from “I thank God something got her slumber at 4:30 a.m. on the m e u p s o m e t i m e at t h at morning of April 19 in her home moment,” Santoro said. “Someon Bryant Drive in Seaford. She thing was watching over me.” decided to check on her 17-yearFirefighters from the Seaford old daughter, who Fire De par tment had been sick, when extinguished the she caught the scent fire, aided by the of smoke. North Merrick Fire After finding Department and 10 Hanna fast asleep, other departments, Santoro, who goes with 100 to 125 fireby Bree, walked fighters on the toward the sliding scene. The investigadoor where the odor tion was continuing was coming from. as the Herald went When she opened it, SABRINA to press, but the she said, a fire was SANToRo blaze was suspected “at my doorstep.” to have started as an Homeowner “I heard crackelectrical fire in the ling, and opened the family’s outdoor hot sliding door and there was a tub during a storm early that fire,” Santoro recounted. She Tuesday morning, which burned roused her daughter and called through a wooden deck toward the police as she went upstairs to the house, which caught fire, wake her father, Sal Demonda — according to the Seaford Departher mother, Phyllis Passarella, ment. was working an overnight shift The family moved in with and wasn’t home at the time — Santoro’s sister, Noel Goodwin, and they managed to escape the who also lives in Seaford. They home before it caught fire. “It had moved into the house on happened within a matter of Bryant Drive in July, and had minutes,” Santoro recalled. never even operated the hot tub, By the time the family and Santoro said. their Maltese, Cannoli, made it Continued on page 11
By MARIA CESTERo mcestero@liherald.com
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t happened within a matter of minutes.
Courtesy Joanne Anderson
One last hope for furry friends Wantagh shelter receives $20,000 grant By MARIA CESTERo mcestero@liherald.com
Heartworm-positive dogs at the Last Hope Inc. shelter in Wantagh were given more hope earlier this month when Petco Love gave the shelter a $20,000 grant to treat them. Last Hope will be able to treat roughly 13 more dogs for heartworm thanks to the funding. On average, it costs Last Hope $1,200 to $1,500 to treat a heartworm-positive dog. The cost includes initial X-rays and tests to determine the dog’s infection status, medication, three injections of immiticide to rid the dog of the parasitic disease, foster care, follow-up tests and preventive medication.
Heartworm, a potentially deadly disease, is more common in the southern U.S. because of the warmer climate and longer mosquito season. Joanne Anderson, of Last Hope, said that disorder is much like Lyme disease, but for a dog. A single bite by an infected mosquito can potentially kill a dog if it isn’t treated. Last Hope takes in many dogs from southern states such as Kentucky. Last year the volunteerbased shelter treated nearly a dozen dogs with heartworm. “This is a death sentence in the southern states,” Anderson said. “These dogs deserve treatment.” The shelter also treats heartworm-positive dogs from Long Island, though they are not as Continued on page 4