A Riverhead man caught on surveillance video setting a fire at a church was arrested Saturday, according to Riverhead Town police. READ
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The Riverhead Fire Department responded to a fire that broke out around 4:15 p.m. Friday on Church Lane in Aquebogue. READ
Update (12:36 p.m.):
Riverhead Town Fire Marshal David Andruszkiewicz, who was investigating the scene, said there were 10 people inside the mobile home at the time of the fire.
“It was a stove fire,” he said. “We can’t be specific where in the stove, but we bring the origin back to the stove.”
He added that he does not believe the renter had insurance on the property.
Original Story:
A stove fire that broke out around 1:30 a.m. destroyed a mobile home and left a family with four young children homeless.
Fifty firefighters arrived on the scene, off Harrison Avenue in Riverhead, to battle the blaze that is believed to have started in the kitchen, according to Riverhead Fire Chief Peter Jackman. READ
An apparent lightning strike sparked an attic fire at a Wading River home Tuesday afternoon, according to Riverhead Town police. READ
Riverhead fire department volunteers battled a fire at the Exxon gas station on Edwards Avenue in Calverton for nearly an hour Thursday afternoon. READ
A Calverton man who set his girlfriend on fire in May pleaded guilty to second-degree attempted murder Friday before state Supreme Court Justice Mark Cohen, according to a spokesman for the Suffolk County District Attorney. (more…)
The storm that brought heavy winds across the Northeast Sunday night into Monday resulted in numerous downed poles and wires on Sound Avenue, forcing Riverhead Town police to close the road between Manor Lane and Herricks Lane. READ