2 Firefighters Injured Battling Roslyn Heights House Fire

A house fire on Pinetree Lane in Roslyn Heights on Oct. 29 engulfed the residence after being reported in the rear and all occupants evacuated; multiple departments responded and two firefighters were injured — one suffered first- and second-degree facial burns (after falling through the roof and being rescued) and was hospitalized at the Weill Cornell Burn Center, while another was treated for smoke inhalation. Investigators from the Nassau Fire Marshal’s Office and Arson/Bomb Squad determined the blaze was caused by careless smoking; the heavily damaged home had no smoke detector, three residents were displaced and the American Red Cross assisted. Separately, an overnight commercial storage-unit fire in Virginia Beach injured two firefighters with minor injuries; crews had the fire under control by early morning and the cause is under investigation. In Columbus, a south-side house fire sent two firefighters to the hospital in stable condition and crews rescued a dog tied to the front porch; no one was home and the cause has not yet been determined.