One individual was killed Wednesday in an early morning home hearth on Lengthy Island.
The blaze broke out round 5:45 a.m. at a house in Oakdale. A number of 911 calls led to 9 departments arriving on the scene.
“When we first showed up there was heavy fire showing through the front of the house, the window and going through the roof,” West Sayville Fireplace Division chief Patrick D’Onofrio stated.
He stated that firefighters had been unable to save lots of the individual inside due to the circumstances.
“We made entry through the side of the house, made a little bit down the hallway, but due to the fire load, we had to push our way out,” D’Onofrio stated. “We weren’t able to grab the victim, unfortunately.”
Firefighters had been in a position to enter the home within the again, however “had to bail out pretty quickly through the back” due to the flames, Ryan Huguenin, second assistant chief of the West Sayville Fireplace Division, stated.
After the fireplace was extinguished round 7 a.m., the house was declared a complete loss, with a number of sections collapsed, blown-out home windows and roof injury from the firefighters pouring water from above to douse the flames.
The sufferer was solely recognized as an aged man.
Neighbors and associates stated the sufferer was a talented outdoorsman who lived alone.
The Suffolk police division murder squad and arson part are investigating the fireplace.
