A Long Island, New York firefighter with the Mastic Fire Department required stitches after cutting his hand while fighting a Sunday morning fire. It was not reported how the firefighter suffered the injury
Four fire departments provided mutual aid to the single-family home, according to Newsday. It took about 30 minutes to bring the fire under control.
The home’s smoke alarms alerted the family to the fire; they all escaped without injury.
Photo: Thomas J. Lambui.