1214 hours. While covering for the Brentwood Fire Department, who was operating at a commercial structure fire with haz-mat, crews from Hauppauge and Islip Terrace were dispatched to a reported structure fire on South 3rd Street off North Thompson Drive. Units arrived to find an active fire in the basement of a single story wood frame private dwelling. A water supply was quickly established and lines stretched on the fire through the interior. Mutual aid was requested for a ladder from the Islip Fire Department, and a ladder from the Bay Shore Fire Department. Brentwood freed up an engine from the other incident, sending them to the scene. Dix Hills sent an ambulance to the scene. Crews made quick work of the fire. The house was searched and ventilated. There were no reported injuries. The fire is being investigated by the Suffolk Police Arson Squad and Fire Marshals from the Town of Islip.

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