Crime & Safety

Firefighters Called To North Bellport Fire On Saturday

The fire broke out at a home on MacDonald Avenue at about 4:34 p.m., Suffolk police said.

NORTH BELLPORT, NY — Area firefighters were called to a fire at a home in North Bellport on Saturday afternoon.

Suffolk police said that officers from the 5th Precinct responded to a report of a fire at a home on MacDonald Avenue at about 4:34 p.m. Police could confirm a report that the fire had started in a basement. It does not immediately appear that anyone was injured in the fire.

The fire is one of several locally that have broken out in recent weeks.

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A guard had noticed a small fire in refuse at the nearby Brookhaven Landfill very early on Monday morning. A fire also broke out on New Year's Day at a home on Washington Avenue in East Patchogue. On New Year's Eve, a blaze destroyed a family's home and car on Scherger Avenue in East Patchogue.

No one was injured in either fire.

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