Riverhead and Flanders firefighters fought an early morning brush fire in the woods off Old Quogue Road in Riverside Sunday.
Fire Chief Joe Raynor said the fire appears to have been sparked by a camp fire in the woods. There are a lot homeless people living back there, Raynor said.
The fire burned about 12 acres, First Assistant Chief Kevin Brooks said.
Riverhead responded to the 5:30 a.m. call with two brush trucks and a tanker. Flanders Fire Department, responded to a mutual aid call with a brush truck.
The equipment entered the woods by way of a dirt driveway on the flag lot at 78 Old Quogue Road. The woodlands borders the Riverside Enterprise Zone park and athletic fields behinds Phillips Avenue Elementary.
A Southampton Town fire marshal was called to the scene to investigate. There were no injuries reported in the incident.
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