Syosset Car Fire Leaves 1 Dead

By Timothy Bolger Posted on August 4, 2016

A person died in a Syosset car fire on Wednesday afternoon, Nassau County police said.

Officers and Syosset Fire Department firefighters responded to the blaze on Southwood Circle near the intersection of Belmont Circle at 4:33 p.m., police said.

After firefighters extinguished the flames, the body of an unidentified person was found dead inside the 2006 Mercedes-Benz, police said.

Detectives are continuing the investigation.

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Timothy Bolger

Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press who’s been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. When he’s not editing, getting hassled by The Man or fielding cold calls to the newsroom, he covers crime, general interest and political news in addition to reporting longer, sometimes investigative features. He won’t be happy until everyone is as pissed off as he is about how screwed up Lawn Guyland is.