As president of the Hampton West Estates Residents Association, I would like to sincerely thank all of those individuals who took part in containing the recent Pine Barrens fire in our neighborhood [“Fast Response Succeeds in Bringing Fast-Moving Westhampton Pines Fire Under Control,” 27east.com, March 12]. It brought back those rather upsetting memories of fires in 1995, and I must say that the emergency services were absolutely first rate and quickly on top of the situation.
I’d also like to thank those local neighborhood residents who used our resident Facebook page to disseminate information and heeded our request to state official information and not rumors. In this way, a panic was averted and, as it turned out, everyone was safe and sound, and the emergency personnel prevented any loss of property in our neighborhood.
Again, thank you so much, we are grateful.
Forest Markowitz
Westhampton Beach
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