Firefighters Extinguish Blaze In 2-Story Islip Home: FD

ISLIP, NY—A two-story home in Islip was damaged by a fire on Wednesday night.

Islip Fire Department responded to a residential structure fire on Cedar Avenue at around 8:40 p.m., the fire department announced on its Facebook page.

No injuries were reported. The fire was not suspicious and the cause is believed to be electrical, officials said.

According to Islip FD, chiefs arrived on the scene within "one minute of dispatch" and found flames blazing in the rear corner of the home.

"The fire came from a crawl space by the back door of the home," police told Patch.

Before firefighters arrived, the homeowner had extinguished a "majority of the fire with a garden hose and stopped it from spreading any farther into the home," the post said.

While battling the flames, firefighters stretched a hose line around to the rear of the house and extinguished the remainder of the fire while truck companies opened up the wall and floor to make access.

Mutual aid was provided by the East Islip Fire Department, the Islip Terrace Fire Department, the Bay Shore Fire Department and the Exchange Ambulance of the Islips.