Riverhead Fire Department

A fire at the Indian Island county golf course last night damaged the golf cart storage building there and destroyed most of the golf carts stored within the building.

Nearly 100 volunteers from across New York State gathered at the Riverhead Fire House on Roanoke Avenue Friday morning to prepare to install fire alarms as a part of the Red Cross "Sound The Alarm" campaign.

The Riverhead Home Depot reopened for business this morning following a fire Monday that damaged its main entrance. That entrance is closed but the store opened using the building's other entrances.

A body was discovered inside a vehicle that was fully engulfed in flames when police and firefighters responded to reports of a vehicle fire on Sebastian Drive late Tuesday night, police said.

An overnight fire damaged multiple storage units at the CubeSmart self-storage facility on Mill Road in Riverhead.

Five family members living in a third-floor apartment were killed in a blaze on East Second Street late last night. The house was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters responded to the alarm.

Riverhead volunteer firefighters gathered yesterday for solemn ceremonies honoring deceased members of the Riverhead Fire Department in an annual ceremony twice postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

For the second consecutive day, a power outage is affecting Riverhead’s main commercial corridor.

Riverhead firefighters spend much of the night battling a large mulch fire in Calverton.

Two people escaped injury when the car they were riding in on Northville Turnpike caught fire this morning. Riverhead Fire Department knocked down the flames in short order.