Fireplace Sparks Blaze At Centerport Home

CENTERPORT, NY - A firefighters was injured while battling a house fire in Centerport on Monday morning.

The Centerport Fire Department responded to the home on Little Neck Road at about 10:07 a.m. after a fireplace fire spread into an interior wall and basement of a home.

The residents called after smelling smoke in the house.

A total of three engines, a ladder truck, heavy rescue truck, an ambulance and paramedic unit responded with 25 firefighters.

The Greenlawn Fire Department also responded to the scene.

Firefighters used a Thermal Imaging Camera to quickly locate the fire inside the family room wall.

They then pulled the wall and cut a hole in the floor where the beams were already charred, and were able stop the fire from causing further damage to the house.

One Greenlawn firefighter sustained a fractured finger and was transported to Huntington Hospital by Greenlawn Rescue Squad ambulance.

The Town of Huntington Fire Marshal and Suffolk Police Arson Squad are investigating.

Info courtesy of Steve Silverman, photos courtesy Centerport Fire Department