Child airlifted to hospital after Amityville house fire

Child airlifted to hospital after Amityville house fire

(Amityville, NY)-  A four year old boy was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital last night after a fire broke out in a basement of an Amityville house.  Police say they responded to the house fire on Ronek Drive around 9pm on Thursday.  A 51-year-old woman was transported to NUMC with non-life-threatening injuries. A third man in the house was not injured.  North Amityville Fire Co Inc. responded and extinguished the fire, which caused damage to the basement.  The child is said to have non-life-threatening injuries.  Arson detectives are investigating.

Photo: Brett Levine