Car parked on Roosevelt street catches fire, police say
The Roosevelt Fire Department responds to a car fire on Meyer Street in Roosevelt just before 1 a.m. Friday, March 10, 2017. Credit: Paul Mazza
An early morning fire destroyed a car parked on a street in Roosevelt on Friday.
Nassau County police said a 911 call reporting a car fire near Meyer Street and East Greenwich Avenue was received at 12:55 a.m.
The Roosevelt Fire Department responded to the scene to find the car, a Nissan Altima, ablaze. Photos from the scene show firefighters dousing the car as flames leap into the night sky. Police said no one was injured.
The cause of the fire was not immediately known.
But police said there was no apparently criminality and detectives are not investigating.
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