Electrical Vault Fire In Valley Stream, 221 PSEG Customers Without Power: Officials

VALLEY STREAM, NY — An underground electrical vault caught fire in Valley Stream on Thursday morning, the Nassau County Fire Marshal's Office said.

The Valley Stream Fire Department responded to an underground electrical vault near a construction site at S. Terrace Ave. and E. Green Acres Road at 9:47 a.m., fire marshals said.

Firefighters used 25 gallons of foam to fill the vault and bring the fire under control, fire officials said.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation was contacted after foam spilled onto the roadway, and an environmental contractor is due to respond to clean it up, fire marshals said. All storm drains were covered, and none were contaminated by runoff, fire officials said.

Several thousand PSEG Long Island customers were without power earlier Thursday – as of 12:15 p.m., 221 customers remain affected, fire marshals said.

According to fire marshals, no injuries were reported.

Mutual aid assistance was provided by Hewlett and Elmont fire departments, and a Deputy County Fire Coordinator from the NCFM's Office responded to the scene, all under the command of Chief Colucci, fire marshals said.