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Posted Thursday, September 17, 2009 2:00 pm

Rockville Centre's firefighters had their hands full battling a blaze in a van that went up in flames on Merrick Road in the vicinity of Forest Avenue and Vernon Court on Sept. 14.

Rockville Centre's firefighters had their hands full battling a blaze in a van that went up in flames on Merrick Road in the vicinity of Forest Avenue and Vernon Court on Sept. 14.

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