MVA/Fire in South Hempstead on the SSP

Late on the night of March 20, 2023, the South Hempstead Fire Department was dispatched to an MVAwith possible entrapment and fire on the Southern State Parkway. Responding units were advised by Fire Com that multiple calls were being received rep orting the accident. Firefighters were met with a multiple-vehicle accident in the westbound lanes of the parkway at Milburn Avenue. There was no entrapment in any of the vehicles; however, one vehicle caught fire as a result of the accident. All injuries sustained were non-life threatening and the cause of the accident was under investigation. - Fire News photo by K2MPhotography.com

Kings Point House Fire

Early on February 18, 2023, the Great Neck Alert Fire Company operated at the scene of a fire on Soundview Lane off Kings Point Road in Kings Point. Manhasset-Lakeville was designated the FASTand responded with Heavy Rescue 8759. Firefighters put at least two handlines into operation fora fire on the numberthree side of a two-story private dwelling. All occupants made it safely out of the residence and the cause of the fire was underinvestigation. The scene was placed undercontrol within 40 minutes and Great Neck Alerts Chief John Purcell had command of the incident.

- Fire News photo by K2MPhotography.com