Early on the morning of Oct. 8, 1961, a Sunday, a fire erupted at the Eastern Suffolk Cooperative farm labor camp at the north end of Cox Lane in Cutchogue. Four residents of the camp died in the blaze. Three of the men were said at the time to have died in their room in one of the many squalid barracks at the migrant labor camp; the fourth died later in the day at Eastern Long Island Hospital. (more…)
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Two people were safely rescued from a Hortons Lane home when a fire broke out on the porch Thursday evening and quickly began to spread from strong winds. READ
The Daniel Gale Sotheby’s office on Love Lane in Mattituck was damaged late Wednesday night by a minor fire in the basement. The cause was determined to be electrical, according to Carol Szynaka, the East End sales manager. READ
Southold Town Police are investigating the cause of a fire that broke out during overnight hours at Strong’s Water Club and Marina in Mattituck, Police Chief Martin Flatley said. READ
Two sheds on the Breeze Hill Farm property in Peconic caught fire Thursday morning, according to Southold Town police. READ
Update (9:40 p.m.): A juvenile playing with a lighter in a first floor bedroom accidentally sparked a fire on a mattress and box spring at a Peconic home Thursday. READ
The Mattituck Fire Department responded to a fire at a woodworking building Tuesday afternoon. READ
A woman was airlifted to Stony Brook University Medical Center after suffering burns from a fire that sparked in her Southold home Wednesday morning, according to Southold Police Chief Martin Flatley. READ
A detached garage in Peconic was destroyed by fire Wednesday night, the second structure fire in as many nights in Southold Town. READ
A Mattituck couple escaped safely when a fire sparked on the second floor of their Legion Avenue home Tuesday night. READ