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Riverhead FD makes ‘good stop’ of house fire off Merritts Pond Wednesday night; firefighter treated at hospital for burn injury
Firefighters quickly knocked down a blaze at a house on Peninsula Path last night. A family of four was safely evacuated but one firefighter was taken to the hospital for treatment of a burn injury, the Riverhead fire chief said.
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Firefighters battle blaze on Pulaski Street
Riverhead firefighters are at the scene of a fast-moving fire on the second floor of a building on Pulaski Street this morning.
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Fire rips through abandoned house in Riverside
Fire tore through a long-abandoned house on Flanders Road in Riverside last night.
Government
Proposed rental dwelling code, drafted after fatal downtown Riverhead fire, has public hearing
Riverhead's proposed rental code amendments include requirements for a second means of egress and sprinklers in homes with third-floor apartments — both of which were lacking in the home where a fatal fire killed five family members trapped in an apartment on the third floor. The proposed code had a public hearing last week.
Guest Column
Fatal downtown fire: It’s time for answers
If the town lacks the requisite resources or initiative to conduct the necessary investigation, Suffolk County or New York State must step in.
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Riverhead firefighters stop fire at Home Depot
Riverhead firefighters made a quick stop of a working fire at the Home Depot store on Route 58 this afternoon. The fire started outside the building at the front of the store, Riverhead Fire Department spokesperson Bill Sanok said at the scene. It consumed lawn chairs stacked up outside the building against the front wall and spread to the exterior wall.
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Firefighters battle blaze at Calverton Hills
Breaking: Firefighters from at least three area departments are battling a blaze at a Calverton condominium complex.
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Smoke detectors wake sleeping residents after fire breaks out in Jamesport home
Smoke detectors in a Jamesport home averted disaster when fire broke out in a sunroom early this morning, Jamesport Fire Chief Scott McKillop said.
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Riverhead firefighters extinguish fire in Aquebogue
Riverhead firefighters extinguished a structure fire on Trout Brook Lane in Aquebogue this afternoon.
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Blaze guts commercial building in Wading River
Nearly 100 firefighters and more than a dozen fire departments battled a commercial blaze on North aCountry Road in Wading River last night.