House fire

A Flanders couple and their dog escaped safely from an early Sunday house fire that damaged their attached garage.

Riverhead firefighters made a quick stop of a house fire on Deep Hole Road Monday evening. 

Firefighters battled strong winds to contain and extinguish a fire that destroyed a home on 20th Street in Wading River early Saturday morning.

For the second time in two years, fire destroyed a home at 1535 Middle Road in Calverton early this morning.

A GoFundMe campaign has been started to raise money to help Joe and Randy Majewski, self-employed roofing contractors, buy basic necessities after a fire gutted their Riverhead home Monday night.

Quick action by Riverhead Police saved the lives of three people inside a burning home on Newton Avenue Monday night.

According to town records obtained through a Freedom of Information Law request, the Polish Town property includes four separate structures rented to five residential tenants without town rental permits.

A Riverhead firefighter climbed through a rear window to rescue a man from a burning home on Doris Avenue Friday evening. He led the man to the window and police officers pulled the man through the window to safety. Police officers assisted another man from the home through the front door.

Community members gathered on East Second Street last night for a vigil in memory of the five members of the Rivera family, who perished in a house fire one year ago.

A Northampton man was killed in a fire at his home overnight. The cause of the fire is under investigation.