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Hospice, Businesses Saved by Firefighters Amid Saturday Blaze

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Hampton Bays Fire Department firefighters battle flames around the East End Hospice offices on Saturday. HBFD

Hampton Bays Fire Department firefighters battle flames around the East End Hospice offices on Saturday. HBFD

Hampton Bays Fire Department firefighters battle flames around the East End Hospice offices on Saturday. HBFD

Hampton Bays Fire Department firefighters battle flames around the East End Hospice offices on Saturday. HBFD

Hampton Bays Fire Department firefighters battle flames around the East End Hospice offices on Saturday. HBFD

Hampton Bays Fire Department firefighters battle flames around the East End Hospice offices on Saturday. HBFD

Hampton Bays Fire Department firefighters battle flames around the East End Hospice offices on Saturday. HBFD

Hampton Bays Fire Department firefighters battle flames around the East End Hospice offices on Saturday. HBFD

Hampton Bays Fire Department firefighters battle flames around the East End Hospice offices on Saturday. HBFD

Hampton Bays Fire Department firefighters battle flames around the East End Hospice offices on Saturday. HBFD

East End Hospice Executive Director Mary Crosby in the charred woods outside the Hospice office building in Westhampton. Flames wafted over the organization's offices, and set a storage container and dumpster on fire, but firefighters were able to save the building from destruction. MICHAEL WRIGHT

East End Hospice Executive Director Mary Crosby in the charred woods outside the Hospice office building in Westhampton. Flames wafted over the organization's offices, and set a storage container and dumpster on fire, but firefighters were able to save the building from destruction. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The fire destroyed a storage trailer and badly damaged a barn at AutoGate Systems on Old Riverhead Road in Westhampton. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The fire destroyed a storage trailer and badly damaged a barn at AutoGate Systems on Old Riverhead Road in Westhampton. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The fire destroyed a storage trailer and badly damaged a barn at AutoGate Systems on Old Riverhead Road in Westhampton. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The fire destroyed a storage trailer and badly damaged a barn at AutoGate Systems on Old Riverhead Road in Westhampton. MICHAEL WRIGHT

authorMichael Wright on Mar 12, 2025
As a wildfire in Westhampton exploded in size on Saturday, those casual observers who had dared to creep to the fringes of the flames quickly came to one conclusion: East... more

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