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UPDATE: Old Riverhead Road Open, Brush Fire Still Under Investigation

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Multiple fire departments work to extinguish a brush fire in Westhampton on Monday morning. Kyle Campbell

Multiple fire departments work to extinguish a brush fire in Westhampton on Monday morning. Kyle Campbell

Brush trucks from various local fire departments battle a brush fire that broke out Monday morning in the woods along Old Riverhead Road in Westhampton. KYLE CAMPBELL

Brush trucks from various local fire departments battle a brush fire that broke out Monday morning in the woods along Old Riverhead Road in Westhampton. KYLE CAMPBELL

Brush trucks from various local fire departments battle a brush fire that broke out Monday morning in the woods along Old Riverhead Road in Westhampton. KYLE CAMPBELL

Brush trucks from various local fire departments battle a brush fire that broke out Monday morning in the woods along Old Riverhead Road in Westhampton. KYLE CAMPBELL

Brush trucks from various local fire departments battle a brush fire that broke out Monday morning in the woods along Old Riverhead Road in Westhampton. KYLE CAMPBELL

Brush trucks from various local fire departments battle a brush fire that broke out Monday morning in the woods along Old Riverhead Road in Westhampton. KYLE CAMPBELL

Brush trucks from the Southampton and East Quogue fire departments drive into the woods along Old Riverhead Road in Westhampton on Monday morning to battle a brush fire. KYLE CAMPBELL

Brush trucks from the Southampton and East Quogue fire departments drive into the woods along Old Riverhead Road in Westhampton on Monday morning to battle a brush fire. KYLE CAMPBELL

A Westhampton Beach firefighter battles a brush fire Monday morning from a bucket truck on Old Riverhead Road in Westhampton. KYLE CAMPBELL

A Westhampton Beach firefighter battles a brush fire Monday morning from a bucket truck on Old Riverhead Road in Westhampton. KYLE CAMPBELL

A Westhampton Beach firefighter battles a brush fire Monday morning from a bucket truck on

A Westhampton Beach firefighter battles a brush fire Monday morning from a bucket truck on

authorKyle Campbell on Aug 10, 2015
UPDATE: 3:10 P.M. Monday North- and southbound traffic on Old Riverhead Road has be reopened between Sunrise Highway in Westhampton and Rogers Avenue Extension in Westhampton Beach, and fire officials... more

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