South Farmingdale Home Badly Damaged In Fire; 50 Firefighters Respond

SOUTH FARMINGDALE, NY — A South Farmingdale home was damaged in a fire on Monday afternoon, Nassau police said.

Officers were called to a West Oak Street residence at 2:50 p.m., where they saw a fire on the first floor. All residents were out of the home before police arrived.

The South Farmingdale Fire Department, along with the East Farmingdale, Bethpage, and North Massapequa fire departments, extinguished the flames. Approximately 50 firefighters were on scene. No injuries were reported, police said. The building sustained moderate structural damage along with variant degrees of smoke, fire, and water damage, police said.

The Nassau County Fire Marshal and Arson Bomb Squad detectives were on scene. Police are investigating the fire's cause.