Lincoln Avenue [11-4-17]

The Island Park Fire Department was dispatched to a report of a house fire on Lincoln Avenue in the Harbor Isle section of their district on the afternoon of Saturday, November 4th, 2017. As units began responding they had smoke showing from a distance and upon arrival fire on the first and second floors of a two-story private dwelling. A signal ten [working fire] was transmitted and mutual aid notified. As many as three hand lines were stretched and put into operation to fight the fire. The main body of fire was knocked down within thirty minutes and the scene was placed under control within forty minutes. Among the mutual aid departments notified were Oceanside, Long Beach, and Point Lookout-Lido. The cause of the fire is under investigation and all fire department units were under the command of Island Park Chief of Department Miotto [221].