Family of four safely flees burning Levittown home
Photo credit: Kevin Imm | Firefighters responded to a house fire at about 5 a.m. on Griddle Lane near Wantagh Avenue in Levittown. The occupants of the home escaped the house that was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. It took about one hour to bring the fire under control. (Jan. 9, 2013)
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A sleeping family of four who awoke to find their Levittown home ablaze Wednesday morning safely evacuated the house -- but the structure suffered major fire damage, police and fire officials said.
The fire at the home on Griddle Lane was reported in a 911 call received at 4:55 a.m., Nassau County police said.
The family was asleep and the father awoke to find a fire in the first-floor...
