Resident injured, 4 displaced after fire rips through Hicksville home

An early-morning fire that swept through a one-story ranch-style home in Hicksville Thursday left one person hospitalized and four residents displaced, fire officials said

Firefighters from Hicksville arrived just after 5:30 a.m. and found "heavy fire" through the roof and one resident unconscious on the front stoop, Nassau County Assistant Chief Fire Marshal Andrew Schmitt Jr. said in a news release.

The resident was taken to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow suffering from smoke inhalation and possible burns, officials said. The resident's condition was not immediately known.

Schmitt said about 75 firefighters from Hicksville, Syosset, Bethpage, Westbury, Plainview, Jericho, Farmingdale, Levittown and Glenwood — all under the command of Hicksville Chief Christopher Wright — brought the blaze under control in about an hour.

Investigators from the fire marshal's office and the Nassau police Arson/Bomb Squad are trying to determine the cause of the fire and said the home is uninhabitable.

By John Valenti

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John Valenti, a Newsday reporter since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press, Society of the Silurians and National Headliner Awards for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing. He is the author of “Swee'pea,” about New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. His debut crime novel, “For Nothing Is Hidden,” rooted in 1950s Long Island, was released in October 2025.