A fire at an unoccupied Plandome Manor residence on Friday required the assistance of three Manhasset-Lakeville Fire Department companies, an ambulance unit and a search team from the Port Washington Fire Department, fire officials said.
The main body of the fire appeared to erupt in the rear of the unoccupied house at 32 Brookwald Drive and later expanded to the building’s second floor and attic, Manhasset-Lakeville Assistant Chief Kirk Candan said.
The fire took an hour to be placed under control, he said. The Nassau County Fire Marshal’s office is investigating the cause of the fire.
Manhasset-Lakeville units were dispatched to the property around 5 p.m. Friday after receiving calls of a house fire near Bourndale Road North and Chester Drive.
Deputy Chief Mark Kiess, who was among the initial units to arrive at the scene, reported that smoke was pushing out of all sides of the house and that fire was visible from the rear of the building.
The first truck to arrive at the house worked through extinguishing the fire’s main body as a search team pushed through the house, Candan said.
Additional hoses were operated to put out fire that spread to the second floor and attic and a third later put out lingering spots of fire.
Candan said all units left the scene within two hours.
