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Nassau County, NY (77WABC)-Three people are dead following an explosion and fire in Garden City, NY. Two parents and their college-bound daughter accepted to NYU were killed. The victims are identified as a 62-year-old man, a 60-year-old woman, and an 18-year-old female. Nassau County Police say 11 fire departments and fifty firefighters responded to the scene.
BREAKING UPDATE: Nassau County fire officials say 3 people are dead following a house fire in Garden City.https://t.co/4Nfs01ghsc
— News12LI (@News12LI) May 6, 2021
Investigators are looking into a total of five fires in Nassau County within a 24-hour span.
A massive fire at a rubbish facility in Westbury began Wed. night around 9 pm following an explosion and burned into the day on Thursday. Over 300 firefighters from at least 37 fire departments from Nassau and Suffolk County were called in to fight the fire. A collapsed wall fell onto LIRR train tracks. The fire interrupted LIRR service.
A 6 pm fire on Rockland St. in Westbury followed an explosion. A woman suffered smoke inhalation as a result.
Heartbroken for this family. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.
Thank you to our local volunteer fire departments who were already deeply involved in a major fire in Westbury last night.https://t.co/A7CqW4KlXm
— Assemblyman Ed Ra (@EdwardRa19) May 6, 2021
Around 8:30 Thursday night in East Meadow, residents escaped a house after a loud bang and fire. One person suffered minor injuries, including a burn to a hand.
Video posted to Twitter on Thursday night captures the explosive bang the moments before and after a propane tank shot up through the intense orange and yellow flames — as it shot up to the sky. WATCH the explosion, captured by @LIFireBuff on Twitter:
— LI Fire Buff (@LIFireBuff) May 7, 2021
Firefighters were also called to a fire in New Castle around 8:45 pm. No injuries were reported there.
The cause and origin of the fires are under investigation. All 71 Nassau County Fire Departments were activated during the day on Thursday.
