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Fire Destroys Remsenburg Home; Threat to Second Home Thwarted

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Flames consumed a home on Shore Road in Remsenburg on May 24. COURTESY EASTPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT
The aftermath of the fire that destroyed a home on Shore Road in Remsenburg on May 24. COURTESY EASTPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT
Over 100 firefighters battled the Shore Road, Remsenburg, fire on May 24. COURTESY EASTPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT
Firefighters fire fighters Mathew Meyer And Mathew Geire from the Eastport Fire Department on the scene of the blaze in Remsenburg. COURTESY EASTPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT
Heat from the fire on Shore Road in Remsenburg on May 24 was so intense, it melted the siding on a house next door. COURTESY EASTPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT
Over 100 firefighters from six departments battled a blaze on Shore Road in Remsenburg on Wednesday, May 24. COURTESY WESTHAMPTON BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT
Venting the roof at the fire that destroyed a home in Remsenburg on May 24. COURTESY WESTHAMPTON BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Over 100 firefighters responded to the blaze that destroyed a house in Remsenburg on May 24. COURTESY WESTHAMPTON BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT

Flames consumed a home on Shore Road in Remsenburg on May 24. COURTESY EASTPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT

The aftermath of the fire that destroyed a home on Shore Road in Remsenburg on May 24. COURTESY EASTPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT

Over 100 firefighters battled the Shore Road, Remsenburg, fire on May 24. COURTESY EASTPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT

Firefighters fire fighters Mathew Meyer And Mathew Geire from the Eastport Fire Department on the scene of the blaze in Remsenburg. COURTESY EASTPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT

Heat from the fire on Shore Road in Remsenburg on May 24 was so intense, it melted the siding on a house next door. COURTESY EASTPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT

Over 100 firefighters from six departments battled a blaze on Shore Road in Remsenburg on Wednesday, May 24. COURTESY WESTHAMPTON BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT

Venting the roof at the fire that destroyed a home in Remsenburg on May 24. COURTESY WESTHAMPTON BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Over 100 firefighters responded to the blaze that destroyed a house in Remsenburg on May 24. COURTESY WESTHAMPTON BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT

Over 100 firefighters from six departments battled a blaze on Shore Road in Remsenburg on Wednesday, May 24. When Eastport Fire Chief John Dalen arrived on the scene, just three... more

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