Overview

• The blaze was discovered just after 11 a.m. in the roof area above the emergency department at Glen Cove Hospital in Nassau County.
• Firefighters from several departments brought the fire under control in about an hour with no injuries reported.
• The emergency department temporarily stopped taking patients with diversions to Plainview Hospital, then resumed normal operations just before 4 p.m., officials said.
• Fire and water damaged the ER and an adjacent X-ray room, and seven patients were moved to other parts of the hospital as a precaution.
• Nassau County fire marshals remain on site to investigate and coordinate repairs, and the fire chief cited early indications of ignition in pipe insulation near the ER after a generator test earlier in the morning.