House fire kills woman, injures seven

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A downed power line partially covered the front walkway to the house, Uttaro said.

The frst engine to respond to the scene and try to get water on the fre was dealing with a faulty fre hydrant before a second engine could quickly fnd a working hydrant and provide a water supply, Uttaro said.

Over 60 frefghters responded to the scene. It took about 90 minutes to bring the blaze under control, Uttaro said.

A fire in Williston Park at a five-bedroom split-level home on Lafayette Street killed one woman and injured seven others the morning of May 23, according to officials.

Additional responding departments came from Floral Park, South Floral Park, Garden City, New Hyde Park, Mineola, Williston Park, Franklin Square and West Hempstead. No frst responders were injured on the scene.

The seven people inside the home were sent to either Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park or Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow for varying degrees of smoke inhalation before being released, Uttaro said.

Investigations are currently ongoing to determine the cause of the fre and the cause of death of the victim, said Uttaro, a resident of the village and trustee on the board.

“I arrived probably 15 minutes after the call and it was a very heavy volume of fre throughout the entire house,” he said.