Crime & Safety

Massapequa Firefighters Battle New Year's Eve Blaze: Report

BREAKING: The fire broke out Tuesday afternoon.

The fire broke out Tuesday afternoon.
The fire broke out Tuesday afternoon. (Photo credit: Nassau County Fire Service Academy)

MASSAPEQUA, NY — Firefighters were responding to a reported basement fire New Year's Eve in Massapequa. The blaze broke out Tuesday afternoon on Forest Avenue, near Michigan Avenue, according to a Facebook post by the Nassau County Fire Service Academy.

Photos taken at the scene showed heavy gray smoke shooting out of the home. Further details weren't immediately known.


Photo credit: Nassau County Fire Service Academy

Photo credit: Nassau County Fire Service Academy

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