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Auxiliary Police Captain Helps Rescue Four Dogs From Ronkonkoma House Fire Auxiliary Police Captain Helps Rescue Four Dogs From Ronkonkoma House Fire
Auxiliary Police Captain Helps Rescue Four Dogs From Ronkonkoma House Fire An auxiliary police captain helped rescue four dogs from a house fire on Long Island. Suffolk County Auxiliary Police Captain Jamorn Chindananta saw smoke coming from his neighbor's house on Baeck Street in Ronkonkoma at about 9:45 a.m. on Sunday, May 1, according to the Suffolk County Police Department.  SCPD said Chindananta spoke to a resident of the home in the garage, who told him her dogs were still in the house. Chindananta and the resident rescued the four dogs before the home became engulfed in flames, police said.  SCPD said Chindananta then notified resident…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Horse Pulled From Pool At Suffolk County Home Horse Pulled From Pool At Suffolk County Home
Horse Pulled From Pool At Suffolk County Home Police rescued a horse from a pool at a Long Island home. The incident took place in Suffolk County around 7:50 a.m., Saturday, March 19, when officers responded to a 911 call of a horse stuck in a pool cover at a home in Bohemia. Police and members of the Bohemia Fire Department responded and pulled the horse, a 3-year-old female named Penny, from the deep end of the pool through the shallow end, said the Suffolk County Police. The rescuers with the horse.Suffolk County Police Department The horse was not injured.  The horse lives at the Pond Road residence.

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by Kathy Reakes
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Two Firefighters Injured During Boat Fire At Long Island Marina Two Firefighters Injured During Boat Fire At Long Island Marina
Two Firefighters Injured During Boat Fire At Long Island Marina Two firefighters received minor injuries during a boat fire at a marina on Long Island. The incident took place in Suffolk County around 4 p.m., Sunday, July 12, at Green's Creek Marina, on Atlantic Avenue in West Sayville, said officials with the West Sayville Fire Department. Arriving firefighters found two boats heavily involved in a fire, but were able to keep the flames from spreading to other boats in the near vicinity. "The crews quickly got the fire under control,  then proceeded to overhaul the boat with the main fire," the department said. Chief Gary Savino arrived on scene…

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by Kathy Reakes
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20 Displaced In Massive Long Island Apartment Fire 20 Displaced In Massive Long Island Apartment Fire
20 Displaced In Massive Long Island Apartment Fire Twenty people were displaced on Long Island, as several Suffolk County fire departments teamed to battle a blaze at an apartment complex early on Monday, Dec. 9, fire officials said. Fire crews responded to the Fairfield Sunrise Gardens complex on Greenbriar Drive in Bohemia shortly after 4:30 a.m. on Monday, where a fire damaged a total of 12 apartments, leaving 20 without a roof over their heads, according to the Red Cross. Firefighters from Bohemia, Bayport, Blue Point, East Islip, Holbrook, Islip Terrace, Lakeland, Sayville, and West Sayville took approximately an hour to knock down the…

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by Zak Failla
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Photos: Long Island Crash Injures Two, One Seriously Photos: Long Island Crash Injures Two, One Seriously
Photos: Long Island Crash Injures Two, One Seriously Two people were injured, one seriously, during a two-vehicle crash on Long Island. It happened around 9 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 4, in Bohemia, southbound  on Sycamore Avenue, said the Suffolk County Police.  According to police, the crash occurred when a 51-year-old man was driving a 2019 Chevrolet Tahoe southbound on Sycamore Ave., making a left turn into a parking lot, when his vehicle struck a northbound 2017 Hyundai SUV.  The driver of the Chevrolet was extradited by members of the Bohemia Fire Department who worked to stabilize the vehicle and used cutters to remove the r…

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by Kathy Reakes