Riverhead Fire Department

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.

Riverhead Fire Department made a quick stop of a brush fire that broke out just south of the railroad tracks off Hubbard Avenue Tuesday evening, near Shade Tree Lane.

The Riverhead Fire Department today paid its last respects to 65-year member Vincent Golembeski, ex-chief of the department and former district commissioner, who died Feb. 26 at age 92.

Riverhead firefighters are at the scene of a working structure fire on Hamilton Avenue Tuesday afternoon.

Frank Zambriski, 79, a 49-year member and ex-captain of the department, passed away on Thursday. Firefighters honored their brother with a flag arch outside his company headquarters in Polish Town this morning.

Firefighters were able to quickly douse the smoky fire despite muddy conditions that made accessing the site difficult. The Riverhead Town fire marshal is investigating.

A Riverhead Fire Department funeral cortege made its way past fire department headquarters on Roanoke Avenue this afternoon.

All occupants were safely out of the home, according to Southampton Town Police at the scene. No one was injured in the incident, police said.

Fire department rescue crews saved a man trapped in a trench collapse at a construction site off Doctors Path.