Family Narrowly Escapes Fire On Shinnecock Reservation Early Friday Morning
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The blaze destroyed two homes Friday morning. COURTESY SOUTHAMPTON FIRE DEPARTMENT
The blaze destroyed two homes Friday morning. COURTESY SOUTHAMPTON FIRE DEPARTMENT
Kelly Zegers on Aug 31, 2016
Five family members narrowly escaped a fire that destroyed their home on the Shinnecock Indian Reservation early Friday morning in what the tribe’s Council of Trustees has described as an... more
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Kelly Zegers on Aug 31, 2016