Hofstra students escape blaze in Uniondale house
Photo credit: Handout | Before a fire broke out, nine Hofstra University students lived in this Uniondale house's basement off-campus.
A fire in a Uniondale house occupied by several Hofstra University students prompted the Town of Hempstead to issue three summonses to the landlord for violations involving illegal use of a single-family house.
No one was hurt in Tuesday's fire, which was started by an unattended candle in the basement, a Uniondale fire official said.
But the blaze illuminated what fire officials and...
