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Riverhead firefighters put out Raynor Avenue blaze

By Vera Chinese

A wooden garage on a vacant property on Raynor Avenue in Riverhead was destroyed in a fire Monday morning, Riverhead Fire Department Chief Nick Luparella said.

Volunteers with the Riverhead Fire Department were on the scene about 9:30 a.m. and extinguished the blaze in about 30 minutes. The fire had spread to the surrounding grass and shrubbery before it was put out.

It is not clear what caused the fire or if anyone was on the property. Heavy black smoke could be seen from several blocks away.

No firefighter injuries were reported during the blaze.

A house on the property was also destroyed in a fire about three years ago, Mr. Luparella said.

BARBRAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | Riverhead Fire Department volunteers put out a fire on Raynor Avenue in Riverhead Monday morning.

Vera Chinese has been the editor of northforker.com and northforker magazines since May 2014. Prior to that she spent two and a half years as a staff reporter for the New York Daily News. She joined the Riverhead News-Review as a staff writer in January 2010 and was named Associate Web Editor nine months later. She previously worked for the Southampton Press Western Edition and was named the third place 2008 Rookie Reporter of the Year by the New York Press Association. She graduated from Wagner College in 2006 where she received a bachelor's degree in English. She earned a master's degree in English education from New York University in 2007. She is a 2002 graduate of Eastport High School and has lived on the East End for more than 20 years.

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