A morning fire at a Glen Head nursery Wednesday caused heavy damage to a storage building on the property and injured three firefighters, authorities said.
About 150 firefighters from area companies responded to the 8:14 a.m. call for a fire in a storage building at the Big Valley Nursery on Cedar Swamp Road.
The fire was contained to the storage building, which held landscaping and gardening supplies. The building partially collapsed, authorities said. The blaze was brought under control in two hours.
Three firefighters suffered minor injuries; they were treated at the scene, said Michael F. Uttaro, chief Nassau fire marshal. No other injuries were reported.
Nassau fire marshal investigators along with the Nassau police arson/bomb squad are investigating the cause of the fire.
A Nassau hazmat team was monitoring the air quality around the burned building, which contained fertilizer, Uttaro said. No air quality issues had been found, he said. The state Department of Conservation is also on the scene.
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Maureen Mullarkey is a breaking news reporter at Newsday. She previously worked as a reporter for Patch, where she covered a range of Long Island stories on topics such as the Diocese of Rockville Centre bankruptcy and the Babylon School District abuse scandals.