STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Staten Island's drug problem did not take a break this past holiday weekend.

At least 10 overdoses, three of which were fatal, took place from July 4 to July 7, according to a media release from the office of District Attorney Michael E. McMahon.

"This Fourth of July tragedy is another alarming spike and we want everyone out there to know there is deadly poison on our streets," McMahon said in a statement.

"As I have said, the heroin epidemic on Staten Island continues to rage like an out-of-control fire."

This recent string of overdoses brings the total number of suspected fatal overdoses this year to 60 with an additional 149 naloxone saves, according to McMahon.

At this time in 2017 there were a total of 57 deaths with 106 saves, according to a spokesman for the district attorney's office.

There were a total of 99 overdose deaths in 2017, which was a 15-percent decrease from the 116 of 2016.

The Fourth of July overdoses were reported throughout the borough for men and women ranging in age from 19 to 60, according to the release.

Most of the overdoses occurred in private homes, but two of the non-fatal ones occurred in public places. One occurred inside a Burger King bathroom on Hylan Boulevard and Tysens Lane in New Dorp, and the other inside a bathroom at the St. George Ferry Terminal.

McMahon said many of the recent victims had previously suffered overdoses, or were known to be drug users.

"While we continue working with our great partners in the NYPD to investigate every overdose to go after the drug dealers and put them behind bars, we need and we will implement an early intervention program to identify and help those who suffer from addiction illness to get treatment before it is too late," he said in a statement.