Riverhead Fire Department

A 911 caller at approximately 12:15 a.m. reported smoke coming out of the residence, located north of Route 58 on Woodcrest Avenue.

A wrong-way driver on the Long Island Expressway in Riverhead lost control and crashed on a median, his car coming to a stop with its front end hanging off a bridge abutment.

The interior of the ground-floor shop was heavily burned but firefighters were able to contain the fire to the one store. There are four storefronts in the building, which abuts the new five-story apartment building.

A winning team of Riverhead Fire Department chefs, who took first place in the Battle of the Badges cook-off this year, donated their $4,000 price to Autism Speaks.

Ex-captain Paul Sparrow, who joined Riverhead Fire Department on Oct. 21,1969, was recognized by the department this week.

Kids of all ages enjoyed watching firefighters' demonstrations, fire prevention lessons and activities, including a "wet-down" of new apparatus at Riverhead Fire Department's open house today at headquarters. Photos.

Fire tore through a mobile home in the Riverwoods community in Riverside this afternoon. Photos.

The event will include a wet-down of two new fire trucks, and displays and demonstrations of t emergency equipment.

Firefighters were called after about 20 bales of straw caught fire on a Riverhead farm this afternoon.

Fire consumed a detached garage at a house on Marcy Avenue yesterday evening.