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Fire Destroys One House, Damages Another In Southampton

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Fire Destroys Shinnecock Hills Home

Fire destroyed a Shinnecock Hills home and damaged another on Saturday.

Saturday's fire started in the smaller of the two residences on the property at 106 Little Neck Road but was spread to the other by northerly winds.

Fire destroyed a waterfront house in Shinnecock Hills and heavily damaged another on Saturday morning after wind-whipped flames leapt between the two structures.

Firefighters from the Southampton, Hampton Bays and North Sea fire departments responded to the blaze at 106 Little Neck Road last Saturday morning, saving the second house from destruction as the flames spread between the two structures, which are on the same property.

The fire broke out in the smaller of the two structures, but jumped to the larger neighboring house, driven by Friday’s stiff northerly winds. The winds also carried a long column of thick smoke across eastern Shinnecock Bay from the property.

The house was not occupied at the time of the fire, Southampton Town Police said.

Sag Harbor and Bridgehampton fire departments sent firefighters and firetrucks to the Southampton and North Sea firehouses to stand-by as backup while those departments battled the blaze.

The Southampton Town Fire Marshall’s office is still investigating the cause of the fire.

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