Mon September 16, 2024

By Jeff Smithpeters

Community

Column of smoke seen rising from behind Hempstead County shop at noon

Hempstead County Shop And Warehouse Controlled Fire Smoke
Column of smoke seen rising from behind Hempstead County shop at noon
Anyone in Hope looking toward the northern part of town near the noon hour might have seen a tall column of black smoke rising toward the grey clouds. SWARK.Today located the fire causing this. It was some distance behind the Hempstead County Shop and Warehouse on 102 Brentwood.

A call to the shop just after 1:00 p.m. gathered the information that the smoke was from a controlled burn of brush and that some plastics got into the pile, likely causing the black smoke. By the time of the call the smoke from the fire had dissipated.

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