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Dozens Of Cars Destroyed As Fire Spreads To Hotel Parking Lot On Long Island
A midday car fire outside a Long Island hotel rapidly spread to many other vehicles, destroying at least 25 of them.
Members of the Melville Volunteer Fire Department responded at approximately 2:45 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 24, to the Huntington Hilton on Broadhollow Road, where there was a reported car fire.
Upon arrival, Fire Chief David Kaplan said crews found multiple cars burning in the middle of a storage lot of approximately 1,000 Uber vehicles.
With an assist from neighboring fire departments in Plainview, East Farmingdale, Huntington Manor, and Dix Hills, the fire was knocked down in …
