Crime & Safety

Arson Squad Investigating Shed Fire At Ridge Home: Police

It started at around 2:15 p.m., Suffolk police say.

RIDGE, NY — Arson Squad detectives are investigating a shed fire that broke out in the backyard of a Margin Drive home in Ridge on Sunday afternoon, Suffolk police said.

The detached shed was reported on fire at around 2:15 p.m., and the Ridge Department and Brookhaven Town Fire Marshal's office responded to the scene, according to police.

It was one of two fires that area firefighters responded to over the weekend.

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A tree caught fire on Freestate Drive in Shirley at around 11 p.m. on Friday.

No injuries were reported in either fire.

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