The Riverhead Police Department is trying to determine the cause of a car fire that happened early Tuesday. READ
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A fire that originated in the bedroom of a Glenwood Village home Tuesday morning was quickly brought under control by the Riverhead Fire Department. READ
Rescue crews responded to a pair of crashes in Riverhead that occurred in a nearly identical spot a few hours apart Monday. READ
Suffolk County Crime Stoppers is offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest of the man who smashed the windows of a firefighter’s vehicle earlier this year.
Riverhead Town police have been seeking the public’s help to identify the person responsible for damaging a Riverhead volunteer firefighter’s personal vehicle, which was parked at the department’s headquarters while the firefighter was on duty during the overnight hours Sept. 29. READ
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
Riverhead Town police are seeking the public’s help to identify the person responsible for damaging a Riverhead volunteer firefighter’s personal vehicle, which was parked at the department’s headquarters while the firefighter was on duty during the overnight hours Sunday into Monday. READ
The Southampton Town Fire Chiefs Council held its annual Firefighter and EMT of the Year awards dinner at Dockers Restaurant in East Quogue Sept. 15. READ
