By Associated Press - Saturday, December 16, 2017

LAKE GROVE, N.Y. (AP) - A truck carrying thousands of gallons of heating oil has been involved in an accident with two other vehicles on a New York road, igniting a massive fire.

Police in Suffolk County, on Long Island, say no one was injured in the mishap reported Saturday at about 6 a.m. in Lake Grove.

Firefighters battled the blaze that engulfed one of the vehicles - a pickup truck. Police could not immediately say what caused the accident.



Part of Route 25 in Lake Grove is closed until at least Sunday.

Some utility lines had fallen as a result of the collision.

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