East Roosevelt Avenue [3-6-17]

Around 06:30 hours on the morning of Monday, March 6th, 2017 the Roosevelt Fire Department was dispatched to a report of a house fire at 97 East Roosevelt Avenue between Anna and Rose Avenues. Responding fire department units were advised that Nassau County Police were on scene reporting a working fire. When firefighters arrived on scene they were met with smoke showing from a two and a half story private dwelling. A hand line was immediately pulled off first due Roosevelt Engine 733 and stretched up to the attic where the main body of fire was. Shortly after units arrived on scene the signal ten [working fire] was transmitted. North Merrick was designated the FAST and responded with Ladder 673. Additional mutual aid to the scene consisted of Uniondale Ladder 7544 and Engine 7522, Hempstead Ladder 2, and an ambulance from South Hempstead. There were no reported injuries and the cause of the fire is under investigation.

Video from the scene can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEqSinUF1dY