A car fire shut down eastbound traffic on the Long Island Expressway in Lake Success for about a half-hour last Wednesday.
About 20 Manhasset-Lakeville Fire Department firefighters responded to the blaze between the Community Drive and New Hyde Park Road exits, Capt. Lee Genser said.
The driver got out of the car before flames overtook it and wasn’t hurt, he said, but the car was totally destroyed.
The firefighters from Manhasset-Lakeville Companies 3 and 5 were released from the scene within half an hour.
It’s uncertain how the fire started, and Nassau County fire marshals were not investigating the cause, Genser said.
“Car fire causes are usually pretty hard to determine,” he said. “If it’s not something that’s suspicious it’s not really something that’s investigated by the fire marshal’s office.”
Manhasset-Lakeville firefighters responded to another car fire Feb. 13 on the same part of the expressway, Genser said.
