Update: HFD Extinguishes Fire on Boxwood Lane

Update 3:40 p.m.:

Firefighters have found and extinguished a small fire that caused smoke to fill parts of a home at 9 Boxwood Lane Tuesday morning.

A homeowner reported the fire at about 9:30 a.m., telling officials that smoke was coming from a heating vent in the large wood-frame dwelling. Once at the scene, firefighters found no visible fire, but said there was a haze of smoke with a strong odor of wood burning in the home.

Firefighters from Harrison and Rye spent more than three hours patiently searching for the source of the smoke before singling out a linen closet toward the back of the home. At that time they were able to determine that a light fixture outside the home had been burning, but wind had blown the smoke into the home's ventilation system located near the closet.

"The smoke was drifting inside the house, so there was no sign of smoke or fire outside," said Harrison Fire Chief Dino Del Signore. "The smoke was being pushed inside."

Once the fire was located, it was put out within minutes.

Del Signore said that a lack of oxygen and fuel kept the fire from spreading while firefighters searched the home.

"It bought us the time we needed to find it," Del Signore said.

Boxwood Lane is a small cul-de-sac off of Locust Avenue near the Rye-Harrison border. The neighborhood is adjacent to .

The fire caused minimal damage to the outside of the home, and burned some insulation near the closet. The homeowners were able to return to their dwelling after the fire was put out.

No one was injured by the smoke or fire.

Original Story:

Fire officials are investigating a smoke condition at 9 Boxwood Lane after a homeowner reported smoke coming from a heating vent in the large wood-frame dwelling.

There is no visible fire, but fire officials are opening holes in walls and floorboards searching for the source of the smoke, which they believe is inside the walls of the home.

"We have a haze and a strong odor of wood burning," said Harrison Fire Chief Dino Del Signore. "Due to the size of the house, we are chasing the smoke around, now we are trying to do minimal damage, opening up little pockets here and there to see if we can find the fire."

The has been on the scene since about 9:30 a.m., Del Signore said. The cause of the smoke is still under investigation. Firemen are currently in crawl spaces and are checking the first and second floors of the home.

Boxwood Lane is a small cul-de-sac off of Locust Avenue near the Rye-Harrison border. The neighborhood is adjacent to .

The smoke hasn't caused any damage to the home, Del Signore said, and no one was injured. Fire officials from Harrison and Rye were still looking for a source of the smoke at about 1:15 p.m.

"We're just doing what we do, trying to find it," said Del Signore.