UPDATE: Firefighters Battled Noyac House Fire for 4 Hours

Update, 4:30 p.m.: Four hours after firefighters first arrived at a raging house fire in Noyac on Tuesday, the engines are back at the firehouse.

Flames ripped through the $6 million house at 60 Fourteen Hills Court, off of Middle Line Highway. Sag Harbor Fire Department Chief Pete Garypie said the house was damaged extensively, despite a quick response from five area fire departments.

"I was first on scene and when I got there it was fully involved, and already venting through the roof," Garypie said.

The homeowners were at home at the time — they called 911 at 10:58 a.m. after going outside to retrieve more firewood and hearing the "crackling sound" of the roof ablaze.

Garypie said the Southampton Town Fire Marshal's office is investigating, but that it appears the fire may have started in a rotted flue pipe. The homeowner were using the fireplace on Tuesday morning and Monday evening. The chief said it is possible the fire was smoldering all night behind the wall.

"Once it vents itself, it's too late," Garypie said.

Firefighters were limited in how they could attack the fire, Garypie said. "During our initial attack, we wanted to go in through the front door, but we already had a partial floor collapse and a partial ceiling collapse," he said. Through the course of the fire, there was more of a collapse, he added.

Neither the homeowners nor any firefighters were injured.

The chief called for assistance immediately from the East Hampton Fire Department Rapid Intervention Team.

Since there are no hydrants in the area, Sag Harbor firefighters tapped into a 10,000 gallon cistern for the initial attack, Garypie said. Tankers were requested from East Hampton, Southampton, Bridgehampton and North Sea fire departments. Springs Fire Department was called in about an hour later. He was not sure exactly how much water was used.

"We had it knocked down pretty quickly, but it was an extensive amount of overhaul," he said. Hotspots, or pockets of fire, were found and extinguished throughout the afternoon. "We wanted to make sure it was fully extinguished."

Update, 12:36 p.m.: The Springs Fire Department has been requested to the scene of a large fire in Noyac.

The Sag Harbor Fire Department requested a tanker truck from Springs respond. East Hampton, North Sea, and Bridgehampton tankers are already on scene.

The Amagansett Fire Department continues to stand by at Sag Harbor's firehouse.

Previously: A fire broke out at a $6 million Noyac home Tuesday morning, and Sag Harbor Fire Department has called in tankers from Bridgehampton and East Hampton fire departments to help extinguish it.

The home at 60 Fourteen Hills Court is about 10,000 square feet, according to a real estate listing from Douglas Elliman, and it was "fully involved" in flames when firefighters arrived, according to chatter on emergency frequencies.

Fourteen Hills Court is off Middle Line Highway.

East Hampton Fire Department responded with one engine and a tanker, as well as its Rapid Intervention Team.

The Amagansett Fire Department was also called for standby.

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