One firefighter was hospitalized after being injured fighting an early-morning fire that damaged a line of stores on East Main Street in Smithtown on Wednesday, Suffolk County fire officials said.
It was not immediately clear what fire department the volunteer belonged to or how seriously he might have been injured.
Officials said the firefighter was transported to St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center in Smithtown.
There were no other injuries, police and fire officials said.
The fire broke out at the Artful Dodger, a pub that opened on Dec. 17, according to its Facebook page.
Police said the fire was reported at 2:30 a.m. and fire officials said seven departments -- Smithtown, Commack, Hauppauge, Kings Park, St. James, Nesconset and Central Islip -- and the Commack Volunteer Ambulance Corps responded to the scene. The extent of the damage was not immediately clear. But officials said the fire was in a common roof connecting the line of stores.
Police said East Main Street was closed between 2:30 a.m. and 5:30 a.m.
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
