Battling a blaze on Bixley Heath

Courtesy Steve Grogan/LFD

Courtesy Steve Grogan The fire marshal determined that the blaze was mostly likely caused by an electrical short in the basement. Damage was approximately $250,000.

Courtesy Steve Grogan/LFD

One firefighter was injured in an early morning fire last Saturday.

Courtesy Steve Grogan/LFD

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One Lynbrook firefighter was injured while a second firefighter nearly fell through the burning floor of a house at 104 Bixley Heath while fighting a fire early last Saturday morning in Lynbrook that engulfed the basement ceiling of the home and spread up and into the first floor.

A quick attack by Lynbrook firefighters brought the fire under control in about 30 minutes but they were there for over three hours overhauling the fire damaged home which contained much debris which had originally hampered firefighter’s movements and efforts to contain the swift moving fire.

The Lynbrook Fire Department, under the command of Chief Michael Hynes, was dispatched at 3:01 a.m. for a report of smoke coming from the house. Lynbrook police officers were first on the scene and found the homeowners had escaped their burning house.

Tally-Ho Company was first on the scene and took the hydrant on the corner. They stretched a hose line as Engine Company also arrived. Tally-Ho’s line went to the side door, which was the closest to the basement staircase. Two firefighters who had originally gone down into the basement to locate the fire while the hose line was being stretched escaped quickly as the fast moving fire rolled along the basement ceiling and up the staircase behind them.

With Tally-Ho attacking the fire in the basement staircase a second line was stretched from Tally-Ho by Hose Company members and they backed up the basement hose line. Two more lines were then stretched from Engine Company. One line, manned by Engine Company members, went into the front door. The second line, manned by Vulcan Company members, covered the second floor. As those hose lines were being stretched, Truck Company put their ladder up to the second floor and put ground ladders around the house.

The command post was put into operation while its towers were used to light up the scene. The Emergency Medical Company was on hand to assist the injured. The homeowners were looked at by medical personnel but they refused medical aid.