Fire rips through Glen Cove Hospital on Long Island, damaging emergency room
GLEN COVE, New York (WABC) -- Officials are investigating the cause of a fire that ripped through part of a hospital on Long Island on Saturday morning.
The fire broke out just after 11 a.m. at the Glen Cove Hospital, part of Northwell Health, on Saint Andrew's Lane in Nassau County.
According to Assistant Chief Fire Marshal James Hickman, responding firefighters arrived and discovered the fire in the roof area of the hospital building.
The fire was put under control about an hour later. Upon further investigation, officials found fire and water damage to the walls in an emergency room up to the roof line.
There were no reported injuries to people in the hospital or to firefighters. A total of seven people were moved out of the emergency department to other locations in the hospital due to fire and smoke, according to a Northwell Health spokesperson.
The emergency room as well as an X-ray room were closed as a result of the fire. Hospital representatives at the time said they anticipated to re-open the emergency room in about eight hours.
As of 4:30 p.m. Saturday, the hospital's emergency department has reopened and is fully operational,
Fire marshals on scene are coordinating with hospital staff on building repairs needed after the fire.
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