Firefighters Battle Kings Point Brush Fire

By Rashed Mian Posted on November 16, 2013

More than a dozen fire departments are battling a brush fire that broke out Saturday morning in Kings Point Park.

A dispatcher at a Great Neck fire department said about 16 departments were on the scene. He said the fire is in the park and that there’s no threat to homes in the area.

Firefighters have been battling the brush fire for about 12 hours, he said, adding that the first calls started coming in at 7:30 a.m.

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Rashed Mian

Rashed Mian has been covering local news for the Long Island Press since 2011. He graduated from Hofstra University in 2010 where he studied print journalism. Rashed, the staff’s multimedia reporter, covers daily news for the web, shoots/edits feature videos and writes about civil liberties. He loves Afghan food and sports. Rashed is also a caffeine freak. Email: rmian@longislandpress.com. Twitter: rashedmian