Melville Fire Department Responds to L.I.E. Truck Fire

Melville Fire Department volunteers responded to a truck fire on the Long Island
Expressway's eastbound lanes near the Route 110 exit on May 10, 2018
at 6:30 a.m. The fire started in the brakes of a double trailer truck loaded with
carpeting, and was contained to the tires and outer walls of the trailer. Two
engines and an ambulance were dispatched and under the direction of First Assistant
Chief David Kaplan. Crews quickly extinguished the fire and there were no injuries
reported.
Story by Steve Silverman, Photos courtesy Melville FD