Plenty of fires fought since Sandy hit LI
There have been dozens, if not hundreds, maybe thousands, of storm-related fires associated with superstorm Sandy and the aftermath of the storm, officials say. A home on Locust Avenue in Amityville was destroyed in an early morning fire Friday. Videojournalist: Paul Mazza (Nov. 2, 2012) (November 2, 2012 1:18 PM)
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The Massapequa Fire Department typically battles about 20 fires a year, but it has responded to about a dozen in the days since Sandy struck Long Island.
Amityville firefighters faced a similar situation, responding to at least three fires this week compared with the more than half a dozen they see over the course of a year.
"I've never seen a storm of this magnitude, and I've never...
