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Small Fire Doused at Parrots of the World
Flames sparked from malfunctioning water pump in fish tank, officials said.
A small fire broke out at a Sunrise Highway pet shop late Monday night, and officials said the blaze was extinguished within minutes without injuries to any of the animals or responding firefighters.
According to John Busching, chief of the Rockville Centre Fire Department, the call came in around 9 p.m. on Monday night after a circulation pump in one of the fish tanks at caught fire. He said the small fire was put out in minutes, and the department brought in large fans to aerate the store, which had filled with smoke.
"The fire was out in minutes," he said. "We had to bring in large fans to blow the smoke out."
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He added there was moderate damage to the interior of the pet shop, and the department needed about only 20 minutes to put out the fire and aerate the store.
For more pictures from the fire, click here for a photo gallery taken by Trustee Ed Oppenheimer
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