Seaford Home Suffers Smoke Damage from Basement Fire

A Seaford home incurred smoke damage Wednesday evening following a basement fire that broke out just after 8 p.m.

The fire broke out in the basement of a house on Parkview Avenue at 8:01 p.m.  and was extinguished by firefighters in around 20 minutes, according to Seaford Fire Chief Robert Podesta.

The fire was contained to the basement but resulted in smoke damage throughout the rest of the home, Podesta said.

Nobody was in the basement at the time of the blaze but a neighbor and a firefighter were treated for minor injuries most likely caused by smoke, according to Podesta.

The extinguished the fire with assistance from firefighters at departments from , Massapequa and North Massapequa. The Nassau County Fire Marshal’s Office responded to investigate the cause of the fire.