Crime & Safety

Firefighters Battle Blaze In West Sayville Home: Fire Dept.

Suffolk County Police Arson Squad detectives are investigating a residential fire that West Sayville Fire Department extinguished on Friday.

SAYVILLE, NY — Firefighters extinguished a fire that broke out in a West Sayville home on Friday, the West Sayville Fire Department told Patch.

West Sayville firefighters responded to a house fire on Colony Drive around 10 a.m., officials said.

Second Assistant Chief Mike Chiesa arrived first on scene and "quickly upgraded the alarm to a working structure fire as the fire had extended to the house," officials said.

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Suffolk County Police told Patch than an unoccupied 2026 Chevrolet caught fire in the driveway.

According to the fire department, engine 3-10-4 was on scene in four minutes from activation and "started an aggressive attack" followed by ladder 3-10-5 which was tasked with ventilation and Chief of Department Brian D’Onofrio had command of the scene.

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Mutual aid was received by the Bayport, Bohemia, East Islip and Sayville fire departments, and the Sayville Community Ambulance Company.

Courtesy of Ken Bradbury

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