Story by Lou Minutoli:
Residents were stunned early Monday afternoon when they looked outside their homes and saw this SUV ablaze on Mayfair Avenue near Groton Place in West Hempstead.
A civilian, possibly the owner, made a vain attempt to put the fire out with a nearby garden hose but West Hempstead firefighters arrived quickly at the scene and extinguished the blaze.
The cause was not known and there were no reported injuries.
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