Woman Airlifted to Hospital After Woodmere House Fire

A woman was taken to the hospital via helicopter Monday evening after a house fire in Woodmere.

Around 5:12 p.m., the Woodmere Fire Department was alerted to a call for a house fire with a burn victim on Barnard Avenue in Woodmere.

Upon arrival, medical crews from the fire department found a woman in her 30s with second and third degree burns on her legs and hands from clothing catching on fire.

Nassau County Police were notified for a medical evacuation via helicopter where the woman was transported to Nassau University Medical Center.

A Woodmere Fire Department ambulance transported the woman to the landing area, which was located at the at the No. 6 school.

The scene was under control of WFD First Deputy Chief Benjamin Horowitz. Firefighters from the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department were on scene as well.

Details courtesy Ben Nelson, Second Deputy Chief of the Woodmere Fire Department.