Firefighters douse dumpster fire at pool complex

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Firefighters responded to a dumpster fire on Saturday at the Valley Stream pool complex on Merrick Road.

Arriving Nassau County police officers and the firefighters found that one of the dumpsters in a storage area was smoking after someone poured hot charcoal into one of the garbage dumpsters.

Firefighters quickly wet down the dumpster and extinguished the charcoal and burning trash.