Hewlett house fire


The Woodmere Fire
Department responded to a house fire on Smith Lane in Hewlett
Neck on Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at 6:20 a.m.. Heavy fire
spread throughout the turn of the century structure and left
several firefighters suffering from heat exhaustion. All
firefighters were treated at the scene. It took three hours and
over 150 firefighters utilizing mutual aid from Hewlett,
Lawrence Cedarhurst, Inwood, Meadowmere Park, Valley Stream,
East Rockaway, Lynbrook, Rockville Centre Fire Departments to
extinguish the blaze. Malverne, Long Beach, and Elmont Fire
Departments covered the Third Battalion with standby companies
while the units operated at the scene of the fire. The Nassau
County Fire Marshal’s office is investigation the cause which
did not appear to be suspicious.
-Fire News photos by
Joseph Sperber
