East Farmingdale Building Fire 06/26/2022

On Sunday, June 26th at approximately 8:20p, the East Farmingdale Fire Department was dispatched to a report of a building fire at the Omni Recycling Center on Alder St. Chief of Department Welliver [1-5-30] was quickly on the road and with a large column of smoke from a distance, transmitted a Working Fire. Upon arrival, crews found heavy fire throughout the transfer station which involved machinery inside the building in addition to the garbage and recycled materials. At least 5 master streams were placed into operation on all sides of the building to extinguish the fire. Crews from North Lindenhurst, West Babylon, Lindenhurst, Farmingdale, and Wyandanch worked for at least 3 hours to bring the fire under control. The cause of the fire is under investigation.