Fire did heavy damage to a home on Roanoke Avenue and sent one occupant to the hospital with lacerations to the head and burns to the face. Other occupants were treated at the scene for minor injuries.
The Riverhead Fire Department responded to the call about a single-family home on fire at 1447 Roanoke Avenue, near the intersection of Middle Road, just after 10 a.m. on Friday, Second Assistant Chief Sean Brennan said today.
There was “heavy fire on the front of the house. The fire was already showing itself when we got there,” Brennan said. All the occupants came out of the home as firefighters arrived, he said.
“We knocked that out pretty quick,” Brennan said. “The fire was extinguished and under control within 20 minutes.”
Brennan said one person was transported to the hospital with lacerations to the head and burns on their face. Other occupants of the home received treatment for minor injuries, Brennan said.
The Riverhead Fire Marshal is investigating the fire, Brennan said. There were a lot of occupants in the home and the town’s code enforcement division is also involved, he said.
Riverhead firefighters “did an outstanding job,” Brennan said.
“My crew always performs in a highly effective and professional manner. It’s very easy to be chief when I have a crew and manpower behind me like that,” Brennan said. “They make my job very simple.”
The Riverhead Fire Department was assisted by the Jamesport Fire Department and Westhampton Beach Fire Department, Brennan said. Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corps and Riverhead Police were also on the scene, he said.
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