A fire totally swallowed up a home in North Lindenhurst early Saturday early morning, causing a significant rescue.
Police state the flames on 45th Street occurred around 2 a.m. Saturday.
Two officers in an unmarked squad car occurred to be in the location and hurried to the scene.
The officers utilized a ladder in the yard to go up and rescue Mike Marrone, his better half, 3 kids and their family pet dog, who were all caught one the 2nd flooring, authorities said.
Moments prior to the 2 officers appeared, Marrone says he was preparing to leap from the 2nd story window to recover the ladder and save his family.
“Thankfully those officers, as I opened my window, were right there,” he said.
Marrone notified the officers about the ladder near his shed as they informed him to drop his kids out the window and into their arms.
“They grabbed it. They jumped up, handed the kids down, the dog down, my wife got out, I got out,” he said.
The Marrone family are presently sticking with member of the family, according to authorities.
Maggie Leontankianakos, a renter on the very first flooring of the home who had actually been asleep at the time, says she is lucky to be alive.
“They actually alerted us before we started looking for help. They took a ladder and helped the upstairs people come down from a window. I came out through the back,” she said. “They ran around the back, banged on my back door and then called up to the other people upstairs.”
The reason for the fire is still under examination, authorities state.
Although both Leontankianakos the Marrone family lost numerous ownerships, they are grateful for the help of the 2 officers.
“If those guys weren’t there, it could have taken an extra minute or two and the ceiling could’ve collapsed on me because the attic was on fire,” said Marrone.
“Phenomenal. Always have to look out for our first responders,” said Leontankianakos.
