Morning Fire Breaks Out in Scudder Ave. Home

Northport Fire Department personnel responded to a house fire Monday, Oct. 11 at 43 Scudder Avenue, a four-unit apartment building owned by Frank Cavagnaro.

The call came in at approximately 11:20 a.m. and the fire alarm was sounded.

The fire department quickly closed off Scudder from Woodbine Avenue to Union Place and firefighters entered the second-floor apartment as a crowd gathered on the street. The source of the fire was found to be a portable charcoal grill that had been lit in the house. The firefighters threw the grill out of the second-floor window then chopped out a part of the wood structure and watered it down to be sure the fire hadn't spread.

Both Suffolk County and Northport police also responded.

No one was injured and the situation was under control by 11:45 a.m.

"I don't advise cooking on a charcoal grill inside the house," Northport Fire Department Chief John McKenna said.