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Commack FD-House fire on Verbena Drive

October 12, 2013. 17 Verbena Drive. The Commack Fire Department is dispatched to this location in regard to multiple 911 calls reporting that the house is on fire. FD units arrive to find an active fire on a deck on the east side of the house. The fire has extended to the exterior overlay of the house as well as to furnishings and fixtures on the deck and to the structural elements of the deck. A 20 pound propane cylinder has over-pressurized and is venting, with the ignited vapors from same contributing to the spread of the fire. FD crews cool the tank and extinguish the fire. The propane tank is then removed from the scene and crews continue to cool it down on the front lawn until the relief valves closes. The fire is extinguished shortly thereafter. There are no injuries. Smithtown Fire Marshals handle the investigation.

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