SUV catches fire in Massapequa, Nassau cops say

Police and firefighters responding to a 911 call reporting a “fully engulfed non-occupied parked vehicle” early Thursday in Massapequa found a GMC Envoy ablaze in front of a home, Nassau County police said.

The fire was quickly extinguished, police said.

The vehicle fire outside the home on Clocks Boulevard, near Elizabeth Street, was reported at 2:55 a.m., police said.

Firefighters from the Massapequa Fire Department responded to the scene and doused the blaze.

There were no reported injuries and police said the cause of the fire is under investigation by Arson / Bomb Squad detectives.

By John Valenti

john.valenti@newsday.com

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.”