St. James Place [11-7-14]

On the night of Friday, November 7th, 2014 the Lynbrook Fire Department was dispatched to a reported house fire at 20 St. James Place off of Earle Avenue. Units were advised that they were responding to a possible attic fire. When the first units arrived on scene they were met with smoke showing from the attic of a two and a half story multi family home. With this the signal ten [working fire] was transmitted. Upon the transmission of the working fire East Rockaway was notified for the FAST and was soon on scene with Ladder 403. Lynbrook Engine 421 was the first engine company on scene and went on to stretch and operate two lines. Lynbrook Ladder 428 was the first truck [company] to arrive on scene and took to the front of home while Ladder 427 was in an adjacent lot on the number two side of the home. Within twenty minutes the scene was placed under control as firefighters were able to contain the fire to one room within the attic. Standing by for Lynbrook during the operation was Malverne Engine 433, a ladder from Rockville Centre, and an ambulance from Lakeview. All fire department units were under the command of Lynbrook Chief of Department Michael Anderson [429]. The cause of the fire remained under investigation.