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Fire companies from both Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island, New York, battled a massive fire in an abandoned motel in the North Amityville Fire District on Thursday morning, October 25, 2018.
The alarm came in around 10:25 a.m. for a fire at the well-known vacant motel, which was the site of a fatal fire about four years ago.
Billowing black smoke could be seen for miles and flames through the roof were reported to incoming units.
Large-caliber streams were immediately put in place and several 2 1/2-inch handlines were stretched to protect the nearby exposures, including an adjacent garden apartment complex.
The building eventually collapsed onto itself and it took fire units more than two hours to bring the incident under control.
By day’s end, the remaining building parts were bulldozed and removed.
