Fire In Boarded-Up Riverhead Home Extinguished: Police

RIVERHEAD, NY — Firefighters raced to the scene of a fire in a boarded-up residence in Riverhead early Sunday morning, police said.

According to Riverhead Town Police, a call came in at 12:01 a.m. about a structure fire on Melene Avenue, a vacant house.

Members of the police department arrived first on the scene and found a small fire in the kitchen area of the home; Riverhead Volunteer Fire Department extinguished the fire, police said.

Riverhead Police, along with the Suffolk County Police Department's arson squad, are investigating the cause of the fire, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Riverhead Police Department at 631-727-4500.

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