Officials: Fire damages Hempstead home
A midmorning fire damaged a home in Hempstead on Thursday, officials said.
Photos from the scene show the home on Stewart Avenue still smoldering, two fire department bucket ladders hovering over the house — one on either side.
Hempstead police responded to the scene, as did firefighters from the Hempstead fire department.
Police said the scene was active and declined to comment.
Additional details were not available.
John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”
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