East Clinton Avenue [9-10-13]

While responding to an automatic alarm at Roosevelt High School, an assistant chief of the Roosevelt Fire Department came across smoke emanating from an East Clinton Avenue home. Upon investigating the smoke condition the chief found fire exposing itself from the rear of the home in the two, three corner. He immediately notified fire com of the working fire. Responding units were given the location of 290 East Clinton Avenue off of Denton Place. Roosevelt Quint 734 put one line into operation to extinguish the fire. Roosevelt Ladder 735 was the first truck company on scene while North Merrick Ladder 673 responded as the FAST for the operation. Despite heavy fire in the room of the home firefighters were able to make a quick knockdown of the Tuesday morning fire. Also on the scene were North Merrick Ambulance 679, Uniondale Ladder 7544 and Engine 752, and Hempstead Ladder 2. Standing by for Roosevelt during the operation was West Hempstead Engine 767, Merrick Engine 641 and one Merrick ambulance, Baldwin Engine 203 and Ladder 207. The cause of the fire remained under investigation. All fire department units were under the command of Roosevelt Assistant Chief Riddick.