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Huntington Receives Garbage Trucks From Oyster Bay After Fire
The Town of Oyster Bay is allowing Huntington to borrow five garbage trucks after six of Huntington's burned in a fire.
HUNTINGTON, NY — The Town of Oyster Bay has lent five garbage trucks to the Town of Huntington after six of the township's trucks were burned in a fire on Saturday night.
Six garbage trucks went up in flames at the Huntington Town maintenance yard on Boxer Court off Oakwood Road around 11:15 p.m. Saturday, said public information officer Steve Silverman. About 25 firefighters battled the blaze with three engines and a rescue truck. No one was injured.
The fire was brought under control within a half hour, with firefighters preventing the flames from spreading to other trucks in the area.
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The Town of Oyster Bay stepped in to help the Huntington township after six of its 15 garbage trucks were destroyed.
“Supervisor [Ed] Smyth is a great partner in government and we’re happy to lend the equipment needed to keep sanitation operations moving forward," Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joe Saladino said.
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The Town of Huntington is confident it can maintain regularly scheduled household garbage pick-up routes, though yard waste pick-up will be suspended this week, Smyth said.
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