Three were injured in a garage explosion that echoed through a Holtsville neighborhood late Friday night.
Kevin Mazurkiewicz, 22, was spray painting a car next to a space heater without ventilation in his garage on Pearl Avenue at approximately 11:51 p.m. causing the blast, according to Suffolk County Police.
According to one source, Mazurkiewicz has second and third degree burns on about 60 percent of his body.
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His girlfriend, Jennifer Connors, 28, was also in the garage and injured. The victims father, Ronald Mazurkiewicz, 55, was hurt trying to assist. He sustained non-life threatening injuries.
They were all taken to Stony Brook University Medical Center.
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The Suffolk County Police Arson Squad and Brookhaven Town Fire Marshal are investigating.
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