Hampshire Drive [11-22-19]

The Bethpage Fire Department was called to a house fire on Hampshire Drive off Merritts Road in the early morning hours of Friday, November 22nd, 2019. When Bethpage Third Assistant Chief DeBobes Jr. [Car 4] arrived on scene he was met with heavy fire showing from a one-story private dwelling and transmitted a signal ten [working fire]. South Farmingdale was designated the FAST and responded to the scene with Ladder 978. Firefighters put at least two hand lines into operation to extinguish the fire. Among the departments called for mutual aid was Hicksville, Plainview, Farmingdale, and Massapequa among others. The cause of the fire is under investigation and all fire department units were under the command of Bethpage Chief of Department Urbanick [Car 1].