Accident involving home heating oil truck sparks large fire on Long Island

Saturday, December 16, 2017
LAKE GROVE, Long Island (WABC) -- An accident involving a home heating oil truck sparked a huge fire on Long Island Saturday morning.

Suffolk County Police received the initial call at 6:13 a.m. after the crash involving two cars and the truck at Route 25 and Main Avenue in Lake Grove.
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The truck carrying nearly 4,000 gallons of home heating oil flipped over, causing a large fire that engulfed all three vehicles.

Everyone inside the vehicles was able to get out safely.

No significant injuries have been reported.

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Accident sparks huge fire on Long Island


The fire was so big it knocked out power lines - causing outages in the area.
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Route 25 between Wood Road and Hawkins Road is expected to be closed all day for the investigation and cleanup.



Motorists are advised to avoid the area.

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