Crime & Safety
Mineola Truck Fire Closes Old Country Road
BREAKING: Firefighters quickly got the blaze under control.

A truck fire Friday morning in Mineola closed roads for a short while.
Old Country Road near Fourth Avenue was closed this morning while firefighters fought a fire that started in a FedEx truck. It was quickly brought under control.
Truck on fire on Old Country Road near 4th Ave in Mineola @Newsday pic.twitter.com/71okiIFAa9
— Sarah Armaghan (@ArmaghanS) March 17, 2017
Crews from Garden City Fire Department arrive on scene, use hoses to extinguish fire in @FedEx truck @Newsday pic.twitter.com/FkgDS2PfzF
— Sarah Armaghan (@ArmaghanS) March 17, 2017
Driver of the @FedEx truck tells me he's a firefighter in Elmont. A small box caught on fire while he was driving pic.twitter.com/2dspF51u2i
— Sarah Armaghan (@ArmaghanS) March 17, 2017
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