On July 22 at 6:21 p.m., as a violent storm began to rip through Nassau County, the Hicksville Fire Department was alerted to a house struck by lightning and on fire at the intersection of Norte Dame Avenue and Desmond Place.
Arriving units found a fire in the attic. The Syosset Fire Department was called to the scene for a ladder truck. Crews extinguished the fire that heavily damaged the three-story home. Across the street on Desmond Place fire fighters secured an area around a downed power line that was burning in a parking lot. The power authority was quickly on the scene and shut down the power. Both incidents were under the command of Robert Chiz Chief of the Department.
—Photos and reporting by Kevin Imm
