Crime & Safety

Fire Rips Through Sanitation Building Off Vets Highway

Part of Vets Highway remains closed down due to the fire, which broke out early Wednesday.

ISLANDIA, NY - A massive fire ripped through a sanitation building off Veterans Memorial Highway in Islandia early Wednesday.

More than a dozen fire departments battled the blaze at Jet Sanitation Service Corp. at 228 Blydenburg Road near the Islandia Shopping Center. The fire started around 2:30 a.m., police said.

No injuries have been reported.

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The arson squad responded to the scene. The fire is under investigation.

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