Crime & Safety
SyoTube: LIRR Taxi Fire Anniversary
Two years later, this fire still lives on YouTube and Patch.
YouTube isn't just for laughing babies and sneezing pandas! One search can yield dozens of videos about your hometown of Syosset. We'll be bringing one to Patch each week.
This week's clip is called "Syosset Train Station Taxi Fire," uploaded by jcara17 to YouTube.com.
It was almost two years ago exactly that a taxi, traveling north on Jackson Avenue, The taxi burst into flames as it sat on the deadly third rail. Miraculously, the driver and passenger escaped with only minor injuries.
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