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Firefighters work to extinguish brush fires at Great Kills Park
Published: Wednesday, September 08, 2010, 5:33 PM Updated: Wednesday,
September 08, 2010, 6:36 PM
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Cell phone image/Michael OatesSmoke clouds Great Kills Park as a fire
engine races to battle a brush fire.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Hundreds of FDNY officials continue to battle two
raging brush fires in Great Kills Park.
The fire went to a fourth-alarm at about 3:50 p.m., according to emergency
radio transmissions, as a large number of Fire Department vehicles -- some
arriving from other boroughs -- continue to race to the scene. The fires
are jumping due to strong winds and dry conditions.
At one point, a unit was trapped between two patches of fire, but escaped
without harm, according to transmissions and a source at the scene.
Helicopters are hovering over the park, helping drop water on the fires.
One blaze was initially reported near the model airplane field. A second,
separate fire was reported near Hylan Boulevard, according to transmissions.
City officials caution there may be traffic delays on Hylan Boulevard in
Great Kills as a result of the emergency response.
The two fires are part of a rash of blazes that broke out on the borough
this afternoon.
Firefighters continue to battle a three-alarm brush fire deep in a wooded
area behind Ilyssa Way in Arden Heights.
As of 4:50 p.m., a Fire Department spokesman had not heard any reports of
injuries or structural damage at either brush fire.
Also this afternoon, firefighters were called to 15 Brower Court, in Great
Kills, where a fire was reported on the third floor of a three-story
building. Officials have brought that blaze under control.
A woman, child and dog fled the building, according to the owner of a
nearby business. They were not seriously injured.
"We actually saw all the particles flying," said Anthony Berardi, who owns
Headliners Barbershop a few doors down. "Then we smelled it and saw the
house on fire. We ran down there and kicked the door in. We got the dog, the
baby and the woman out of the house."
According to Capt. John Dunne, of the Uniformed Fire Officers Association,
Engine 161/Ladder 81 from South Beach was upon the first to arrive to each
of the three blazes.
"These are the situations we warn about," he said. "You don't close
companies on Staten Island. [Today] there are companies coming from Manhattan and
deep in Brooklyn, responding to Staten Island."
Published: Wednesday, September 08, 2010, 5:33 PM Updated: Wednesday,
September 08, 2010, 6:36 PM
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Cell phone image/Michael OatesSmoke clouds Great Kills Park as a fire
engine races to battle a brush fire.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Hundreds of FDNY officials continue to battle two
raging brush fires in Great Kills Park.
The fire went to a fourth-alarm at about 3:50 p.m., according to emergency
radio transmissions, as a large number of Fire Department vehicles -- some
arriving from other boroughs -- continue to race to the scene. The fires
are jumping due to strong winds and dry conditions.
At one point, a unit was trapped between two patches of fire, but escaped
without harm, according to transmissions and a source at the scene.
Helicopters are hovering over the park, helping drop water on the fires.
One blaze was initially reported near the model airplane field. A second,
separate fire was reported near Hylan Boulevard, according to transmissions.
City officials caution there may be traffic delays on Hylan Boulevard in
Great Kills as a result of the emergency response.
The two fires are part of a rash of blazes that broke out on the borough
this afternoon.
Firefighters continue to battle a three-alarm brush fire deep in a wooded
area behind Ilyssa Way in Arden Heights.
As of 4:50 p.m., a Fire Department spokesman had not heard any reports of
injuries or structural damage at either brush fire.
Also this afternoon, firefighters were called to 15 Brower Court, in Great
Kills, where a fire was reported on the third floor of a three-story
building. Officials have brought that blaze under control.
A woman, child and dog fled the building, according to the owner of a
nearby business. They were not seriously injured.
"We actually saw all the particles flying," said Anthony Berardi, who owns
Headliners Barbershop a few doors down. "Then we smelled it and saw the
house on fire. We ran down there and kicked the door in. We got the dog, the
baby and the woman out of the house."
According to Capt. John Dunne, of the Uniformed Fire Officers Association,
Engine 161/Ladder 81 from South Beach was upon the first to arrive to each
of the three blazes.
"These are the situations we warn about," he said. "You don't close
companies on Staten Island. [Today] there are companies coming from Manhattan and
deep in Brooklyn, responding to Staten Island."