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VIDEO: Firefighters Drive Through Brush Fire

Southampton Fire Department members ride brush truck in wlidfire.

sent 30 firefighters to the Brookhaven and Riverhead brush fires for two days, including Capt. Jason Poremba, driver Rich Grodski, rear crew leader Dean McNamara, and rear crew hose team Edgar Franklin, Brian Cooke and Robin Owens.

"Surrounded by fire and heavy smoke made it a difficult job for all," McNamara said. "The video does not depict how crazy it was."

Poremba shot the video from inside the cab of a brush truck on Monday, the first day of the fire.

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