None Injured In 5-Alarm Blaze In Seaford: Wantagh FD

SEAFORD, NY — The owner of a two-story home in Seaford was able to get out unharmed after spotting smoke on Wednesday night, Nassau County police said.

The fire started just before 6 p.m. on the first floor of a two-story Lois Lane home, before it traveled to the second floor and on to the attic, the Wantagh Fire Department’s Public Information Officer Kevin Regan said Thursday.

The fire appears to have been spurred on by plumbing work that was done earlier in the day, he said. The cause of the fire is “possibly electrical,” and not considered suspicious by investigators, a police spokesman said.

The flames were brought under control within 30 minutes, according to Regan.

Regan said fire crews went to work quickly to secure a water supply from a nearby hydrant by stretching a fire hose line into the home to extinguish the blaze.

All together five fire agencies, including Wantagh, either responded to the fire or were placed on standby.

The North Massapequa and Bethpage fire departments provided mutual aid, while the Levittown Fire Department sent a Firefighter Assist and Search Team truck, which can be used to aid locating a trapped firefighter. Additional fire companies from Wantagh, Bethpage, North Bellmore and Levittown were placed on standby. Three emergency medical crews also responded to the scene.