The Arson Bomb Squad reports the details of a Fire that occurred at 2:23pm on Thursday, October 26, 2023, in Oceanside.
According to Detectives, Officers responded to Cousins Metal located at 460 Brown Court after employees observed a fire in an exhaust fan located in the west part of the warehouse. Oceanside Fire Department assisted by approximately eleven other surrounding town Fire Department’s with approximately 150 firefighters extinguished the fire. One firefighter sustained an injury when some debris fell, he was transported to South Nassau Hospital; a second firefighter suffered smoke inhalation and was transported to the Nassau University Medical Center. No additional injuries were reported. Oceanside Fire Chief Costigan, Nassau County Fire Marshall’s Pignataro and Coranado and Arson Bomb Squad Detectives were on scene for the investigation.
The investigation is ongoing; however, the fire has been deemed not suspicious.