Police: Drunk driver steals fire department truck, crashes, ultimately causes home fire on Long Island

Inwood, Long Island (WABC) — Police say a drunken driver stole a fire department pickup truck that eventually set off a house fire on Long Island.

Surveillance video from Inwood shows 22-year-old Wilson Ulloa entering the fire station on Doughty Boulevard. Firefighters said he then jumped into a pickup truck and drove through a series of closed doors.

Police said Ulloa crashed a truck on East Atlantic Beach, crashing into a power pole and setting a house on fire.

Responding officers found him on foot and gave him a breathalyzer test, which he allegedly failed.

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