Hastings Street [6-8-20]

Late on the morning of Monday, June 8th, 2020 the Baldwin Fire Department was dispatched to a house fire on Hastings Street between Eastern Parkway and Milburn Avenue. Those first to arrive on scene were met with smoke showing and then found fire in the basement of a two-story private dwelling. A signal ten [working fire] was transmitted and mutual aid notified. Baldwin Hose 2 and Ladder 206 were the first engine and truck companies to arrive on scene. Firefighters put at least two hand lines into operation, quickly knocked down the fire, and kept extension from the basement upwards to a minimum. Among the departments called for mutual aid were Freeport, Oceanside, and South Hempstead. The cause of the fire is under investigation.