Plainview Firefighters Put Out Blaze in Medical Building on Old Country Road

Plainview firefighters swiftly put down of a fire at a medical building on Old Country Road Saturday, containing the fire to one suite in the two-story building.

The Plainview Fire Department responded in force shortly after 7 a.m. to the blaze in at 1097 Old Country Road, just off Hope Drive.

They found a fire in Suite 104 of the building that was spewing smoke throughout the building. Firefighters quickly put out the fire and ventilated the building.

The cause of the fire is under investigation but is believed related to the earlier transformer explosion off Hope Drive that set trees on fire and caused the Plainview Hopsital to lose power for a period overnight. A fire marshall responded to the scene for the investigation. The fire appears electrical in nature, firefighters said.

Firefighters from Bethpage responded with a ladder truck to the scene. Bethpage and Hicksville stood by in Plainview's Headquarters.