Crime & Safety

Raging Fire Guts Southold Home Early Sunday: Officials

The house was vacant at the time, officials say.

The flames engulfed the home in the pre-dawn hours Sunday, officials said.
The flames engulfed the home in the pre-dawn hours Sunday, officials said. (Patch contributor)

SOUTHOLD, NY A home was gutted by flames in a Southold fire early Sunday, officials said.

According to fire officials, the fire broke out at the home on the Goose Creek Lane extension at 3:32 a.m. The home was vacant and no injuries were reported, officials said.

The massive fire took almost four hours to extinguish, with firefighters still wrapping up at the scene at 8:10 a.m., officials said. The home engulfed by the flames, "with only one wall left standing," one official said.

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The Southold Fire Department was assisted by the Greenport, Mattituck, East Marion, and Cutchogue fire departments.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation, officials said.

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