Crime & Safety

3 Franklin Square Residents Displaced After House Fire: NCFM

About 70 firefighters brought the Barbara Boulevard blaze under control within 30 minutes, fire marshals say.

FRANKLIN SQUARE, NY — Three people have been displaced after a Franklin Square house fire on Sunday afternoon, the Nassau County Fire Marshal's Office said.

The Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department responded to a house on fire, which had operating smoke detectors, on Barbara Blvd. at 2:38 p.m., fire marshals said.

About 70 firefighters brought the fire under control within 30 minutes, fire marshals said.

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According to fire officials, two occupants self-evacuated and refused medical transport after they were evaluated by EMS. No firefighter or first responder injuries were reported, fire marshals said.

The Town of Hempstead Building Department evaluated the home and deemed it uninhabitable, fire marshals said.

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Mutual aid assistance was provided by New Hyde Park, Garden City, West Hempstead, and Garden City Park fire departments, all under the command of Chief Justin Pons, fire marshals said.

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