A garage fire at a Bethpage home spread to two nearby houses on Monday afternoon.
The Bethpage Fire Department was alerted for a house fire on Hicksville Road and Mary Lane at about 1:19 p.m.
Heavy black smoke was visible for miles. A detached garage, shed, several stockade fences, a propane BBQ, as well as a house behind the garage and a house to the right of the garage were on fire.
Bethpage firefighters responded with help from the Farmingdale ladder 926, South Farmingdale engine, Levittown ladder, North Massapequa engine and Massapequa's tower ladder.