Prospect Street [12-3-15]

At 13:41 hours on the afternoon of Thursday, December 3rd, 2015 the Farmingdale Fire Department was dispatched to a report of a house fire at 236 Prospect Street off of Weiden Street. As fire department units were on the way to the scene they were advised that multiple calls were being received reporting the fire. When the first fire department units arrived on scene they were met with heavy fire at the rear of a two and a half story private dwelling. A signal ten [working fire] was immediately transmitted. During the operation the fire reached a third alarm equivalent brining in units from various departments [among them: Plainview, Bethpage, East Farmingdale, South Farmingdale, Hicksville, and Jericho]. Firefighters made a good push into the home and attacked the fire from different floors and sides. At 14:58 hours the scene was placed under control. The cause of the fire remained under investigation.