Flames Engulf Boarded-Up Home In Wyandanch

WYANDANCH, N.Y. - Firefighters battled a fierce inferno that broke out inside a vacant home on Jamaica Avenue near Wyandanch High School early Friday evening.

Fire crews responded to the boarded-up, vacant home on Jamaica Avenue, off of Little East Neck Road, after flames and smoke were reported just after 5:30PM on Friday.

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Firefighters reached the scene to find thick smoke billowing and flames erupting from the boarded-up residence.

As they fought the blaze, firefighters encountered the added challenge of navigating around live power lines that had fallen and began sparking near the house. Eventually, the power to those wires was shut off by PSEG Long Island.

Photo byLance Lustig / PNN

Photo byLance Lustig / PNN

Three fire departments joined forces to extinguish the fire, which ultimately left the structure destroyed.

Photo byLance Lustig / PNN

Little East Neck Road was shut down in both directions as first responders worked at the scene.

There were no reported injuries. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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