Staten Island residents used garden hoses to help fight off a brush fire that burned down a vacant house and 30+ acres of land. This 6-alarm fire started in the afternoon and was quickly fueled by winds from a nearby bay, disrupting Easter festivities in homes that had to be temporarily evacuated.
250 firefighters worked on putting out the wildfire and were able to control the blaze in about four hours. Two other homes, along with a retaining wall made of PVC pipes, also suffered damages. Nobody was injured in this fire.
Evacuations may be the only way to protect your family and friends when a wildfire suddenly starts. As residents on Staten Island witnessed today, everything can be lost to a wildfire in a matter of moments. Appropriate disaster preparation can help one prevent fire damage and lessen the need to require disaster recovery services. However, if one should need to recover from a fire, restoration services can help restore fire damaged documents and fire damaged books along with other personal and business items.
