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82-Year-Old Woman Critically Injured In Roosevelt House Fire 82-Year-Old Woman Critically Injured In Roosevelt House Fire
82-Year-Old Woman Critically Injured In Roosevelt House Fire An elderly woman is hospitalized with serious injuries after being rescued from a house fire on Long Island. Fire crews were called at around 8:45 a.m. Friday, Nov. 4, with reports of a Roosevelt home engulfed in flames on East Raymond Avenue near Nassau Road. When police arrived, they found a 79-year-old man outside who had escaped the home, Nassau County Police said. First Precinct officers and members of the Roosevelt Fire Department then used a newly issued tool called a Dynamic Entry Breaching Sledge to break open the home’s rear wall. Inside, crews located and removed an 8…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Police Officers Use New Tool To Help Extinguish Nassau County House Fire Police Officers Use New Tool To Help Extinguish Nassau County House Fire
Police Officers Use New Tool To Help Extinguish Nassau County House Fire Police officers used a new tool to help extinguish a fire that broke out in a Long Island home. The fire occurred just after 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 1. According to Nassau County Police, units responded to a residence in Seaford on Rutherford Drive for a house fire.  Upon arrival, they noticed smoke coming out of the windows. Police officers used their newly equipped “Dynamic Entry Breaching Sledge” (pictured above) which is assigned to all patrol vehicles to enter the house.  After a thorough search of the residence, it was found to be unoccupied.  North Massapequa a…

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by Joe Lombardi