Cops: Fire kills New Hyde Park man
A Sunday morning house fire killed a 79-year-old man from New Hyde Park. (Feb. 6, 2011) Credit: Lou Minutoli
A Sunday morning house fire killed a New Hyde Park man, Nassau Police said.
Police did not release the name of the 79-year-old victim, who was found in the first-floor living room of his Seventh Avenue home. He was declared dead at the scene at 3:05 a.m., slightly more than two hours after a neighbor reported the fire at the two-story wooden structure to 911, Officer Eloise Abdullah said.
The single-family house fire drew 125 firefighters and 15 trucks from seven fire departments, with two firefighters treated for minor injuries at nearby hospitals, Abdullah said.
The fire is not considered suspicious, Abdullah said, but police investigators and the Nassau County Fire Marshall's office are still searching to determine the cause.
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