Car Fire Breaks Out On Southern State

BAY SHORE, NY - Firefighters battled a car fire on the Southern State Parkway on Thursday morning.

The Brentwood Fire Department received a call for the fire at 7:35 a.m. on the westbound Southern State Parkway half a mile east of the Fifth Avenue exit, according to Chief Michael Derbyshire.

Upon arrival the car was found fully involved on the shoulder of the road.

The fire was placed under control by 7:50 a.m.

The Brentwood Fire Department responded with 2 engines and 10 firefighters.

No injuries were reported.

Members of the Brentwood FD responded to a vehicle fire this morning on the Southern State Prkwy westbound 1/2 east of 5th Ave in Bay Shore. @thefirenews @mergencypatches #thefirenews #brentwoodfd #southernstateparkway #BayShore #carfire #goingoncalls #company5 pic.twitter.com/lEesRiyMe0
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#BrentwoodFD handling a vehicle fire W/B Southern State Prkwy east of 5th Ave in Bay Shore this am. No injuries reported and 2 lanes closed during operations. @thefirenews @News12LI @longislandpatch @BayShorePatch @LI_Fire_Photos @mergencypatches #LIBNS pic.twitter.com/qrqrOq3SUH
— J. Ippy Jr. (@bseng216) September" class="redactor-linkify-object">https://twitter.com/bseng216/s... 6, 2018

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