One person was killed, and several others were rescued from a fire early Sunday morning at a motel on Long Island.
The fire was reported at about 5:35 a.m. at the Sayonara Motel on Route 110 in North Amityville.
Suffolk County Police say the victim was residing in a room on the second floor and was overcome by the fire. He has been identified as 56-year old Kevin Furey.
The building was evacuated. At least four people had to be pulled from the second floor of the motel and were taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Bethpage.
Two firefighters suffered minor injuries. Over 100 firefighters responded and brought the fire under control.
Firefighters battled a fire early Sunday morning at a motel in North Amityville, Long Island.
The fire does not appear to be criminal in nature, investigators say.
56-year-old Kevin Furey was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. The Red Cross helped half a dozen people with food, clothing and shelter.
The motel is used as living quarters for some low-income families.
Curt Isakson is a 35 year veteran of the fire service. Curt is currently a Battalion Chief for Escambia County Fire Rescue. Previously worked 9 years with the Pensacola Fire Department where he was assigned as the Company Officer on Rescue 31. Curt’s fire service experiences started at a young age as a Junior firefighter with the Midway Fire Protection District and rose through the ranks to Captain. He has worked in volunteer, career, and combination departments.
Curt has held all ranks up to Battalion Chief and been assigned to operations, training, inspections, and was Chief of Special Operations for 7 years. Curt owns and operates County Fire Tactics that covers a very diverse range of fire service topics, as well as Firefighter Rescues, a site that documents rescues made by firefighters around the country.
He has annual contracts with numerous departments to provide standardized monthly training for these departments that respond daily together under an automatic aid agreement. Curt teaches nationally to include; FDIC, Firehouse Expo, Firehouse World, Orlando Fire Conference, Atlanta Fire Conference, Bowling Green State University, and owns/operates the annual HROC, COBC, WOTF, CFT ODP on Pensacola Beach. He is a Florida Certified Fire Officer, Instructor, Inspector, Arson, and FLUSAR.
