A house fire on Sterling Lane in Smithtown sent a mother and two children to local hospitals. According to Jeff Bressler, spokesperson for the Smithtown Fire Department, an alarm was received by the Smithtown Fire Department at 3:30 a.m. August 24 reporting a working sructural fire. When the firefighters arrived there was a lot of heavy smoke coming from the residence.
Fire fighters made a search of the home and located a mother, a three year old toddler and a four month old baby all suffering the effects from smoke inhalation. Mom and babies were resusitated and brought to local hospitals. The two children were taken to Stony Brook University Hospital, the mom was initially taken to St. Catherine of Siena Hospital before being transferred to University Hospital.
Fire fighters came from Smithtown, Hauppauge, St. James and an ambulance from Kings Parks were on the scene.
According to Mr. Bressler the fire was quickly extinguished, “The real story here is the heavy smoke and how dangerous it can be.” said Bressler.
The Smithtown Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of the fire.