| On Monday morning at 7:53 a.m. the Center Moriches Fire Department was requested to assist the Mastic Fire Department at the scene of a commercial structure fire at the Greens Shopping Center on William Floyd Parkway in Shirley.
CMFD was requested to stand-by at the fire with its "Rapid Intervention" team. The Rapid Intervention Team or "RIT" teams sole responsibility is to rescue fellow firefighters who become lost, trapped, disoriented or injured at the scene of the fire. An additional engine with manpower from Center Moriches was later requested to the staging area on William Floyd Parkway.
When Mastic firefighters arrived on scene they encountered a heavy smoke condition throughout the Family Dollar store, spreading into the neighboring businesses in strip mall.
Approximately 75 firefighters from 8 departments responded to the fire and were on scene for about two hours before they were released back into service.
There were no injuries reported and the cause of the fire is under investigation by the Brookhaven town fire marshal's office and Suffolk arson squad. |
