Elderly man, dog rescued in Plainview fire
Photo credit: Kevin Imm | Rescuers comfort a dog who was revived with a special animal oxygen mask after being pulled along with an elderly man from a fire in a house in Plainview. (Feb. 24, 2013)
Police and fire crews rescued an elderly man and his dog from a burning house in Plainview early Sunday morning.
Al Bassetta, second- assistant chief of the Plainview Fire Department, said a resident on Winthrop Road called 911 around 2:30 a.m. to report wires burning in a neighbor's backyard.
Nassau County police were the first to arrive at the scene, Bassetta said, and police rescued...
Man, dog rescued from burning house
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