Ocean Avenue [11-22-15]

In the early morning hours of Sunday, November 22nd, 2015 a Nassau County Police officer on routine patrol pulled up on a fire inside a row of stores on Ocean Avenue off of Garfield Avenue in Valley Stream. The Valley Stream Fire Department was immediately notified and upon arrival found heavy smoke pushing from a one story taxpayer. A signal ten [working fire] was immediately transmitted. Upon the transmission of the working fire Lynbrook was designated the FAST. During the operation the Lynbrook Truck Company was put to work and Malverne was designated the new FAST. The fire was located in the basement and on the first floor of attached apartments at the rear of the stores. Using an aggressive attack firefighters were able to keep the fire from spreading the adjacent stores and apartments. The cause of the fire remained under investigation. All fire department units were under the command of Valley Stream Chief of Department Charles Brocher [3400].