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House Fire on Brooksite Drive in Smithtown

Posted 1/2/2018

2231 hours. The Smithtown Fire Department was activated for a reported house on fire at 222 Brooksite Drive. Suffolk Police were already on scene and reporting heavy fire in a private dwelling with at least one subject having jumped out an upper level window.  Assistant Chief Patrick Diecidue was the first FD unit to arrive and he confirmed that he had a working fire. Dealing with bitter cold conditions, Smithtown personnel laid in from a hydrant, stretched hand lines and attacked the fire from the exterior. Mutual aid was requested from the Hauppauge, Nesconset and St. James Fire Deoartment's and Commack Volunteer ambulance to the scene, The Nissequogue Fire Department sent a unit to cover. The two occupants had escaped from the building prior to the arrival of the FD. Both were transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Due to the instability of the structure, FD crews could not safely enter the building. The Town of Smithtown Highway Department was called in to demolish the building, allowing the fire department to complete extinguishment. The fire was placed under control at approximately 0110 hours.

 Fire Marshals from the Town of Smithtown Department of Public Safety and Detectives from the Suffolk County Police Department Arson Squad are handling the investigation into the cause of the fire.

 

The Smithtown Fire Department was called back to the scene at approximately 0330 hours to extinguish hot spots within the remains of the structure.

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