UPDATE: 17 People Escaped Fire on Main Street Westhampton Beach Friday Morning - 27 East

UPDATE: 17 People Escaped Fire on Main Street Westhampton Beach Friday Morning

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Firefighters battled a blaze that destroyed a Main Street building in downtown Westhampton Beach on Friday morning. More than a dozen people, including several children, were asleep in apartments on the second floor of the building. WESTHAMPTON BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT

Firefighters battled a blaze that destroyed a Main Street building in downtown Westhampton Beach on Friday morning. More than a dozen people, including several children, were asleep in apartments on the second floor of the building. WESTHAMPTON BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT

Firefighters battled a blaze that destroyed a Main Street building in downtown Westhampton Beach on Friday morning. More than a dozen people, including several children, were asleep in apartments on the second floor of the building. WESTHAMPTON BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT

Firefighters battled a blaze that destroyed a Main Street building in downtown Westhampton Beach on Friday morning. More than a dozen people, including several children, were asleep in apartments on the second floor of the building. WESTHAMPTON BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT

Firefighters are battling a blaze in a building on Main Street in Westhampton Beach.

Firefighters are battling a blaze in a building on Main Street in Westhampton Beach.

More than a dozen people escaped a fire, apparently uninjured, in a Westhampton Beach building early Friday morning. NANCY ST. JOHN

More than a dozen people escaped a fire, apparently uninjured, in a Westhampton Beach building early Friday morning. NANCY ST. JOHN

More than a dozen people escaped a fire, apparently uninjured, in a Westhampton Beach building early Friday morning. NANCY ST. JOHN

More than a dozen people escaped a fire, apparently uninjured, in a Westhampton Beach building early Friday morning. NANCY ST. JOHN

More than a dozen people escaped a fire, apparently uninjured, in a Westhampton Beach building early Friday morning. NANCY ST. JOHN

More than a dozen people escaped a fire, apparently uninjured, in a Westhampton Beach building early Friday morning. NANCY ST. JOHN

More than a dozen people escaped a fire, apparently uninjured, in a Westhampton Beach building early Friday morning. NANCY ST. JOHN

More than a dozen people escaped a fire, apparently uninjured, in a Westhampton Beach building early Friday morning. NANCY ST. JOHN

More than a dozen people escaped a fire, apparently uninjured, in a Westhampton Beach building early Friday morning. NANCY ST. JOHN

More than a dozen people escaped a fire, apparently uninjured, in a Westhampton Beach building early Friday morning. NANCY ST. JOHN

Firefighters battled a blaze that destroyed a Main Street building in downtown Westhampton Beach on Friday morning. More than a dozen people, including several children, were asleep in apartments on the second floor of the building. WESTHAMPTON BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT

Firefighters battled a blaze that destroyed a Main Street building in downtown Westhampton Beach on Friday morning. More than a dozen people, including several children, were asleep in apartments on the second floor of the building. WESTHAMPTON BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT

A fire broke out in a building on Main Street in Westhampton Beach early on Friday morning.

A fire broke out in a building on Main Street in Westhampton Beach early on Friday morning.

The fire was extinguished but the building was extensively damaged. DANA SHAW

The fire was extinguished but the building was extensively damaged. DANA SHAW

The fire was extinguished but the building was extensively damaged. DANA SHAW

The fire was extinguished but the building was extensively damaged. DANA SHAW

The fire was extinguished but the building was extensively damaged. DANA SHAW

The fire was extinguished but the building was extensively damaged. DANA SHAW

The fire was extinguished but the building was extensively damaged. DANA SHAW

The fire was extinguished but the building was extensively damaged. DANA SHAW

The fire was extinguished but the building was extensively damaged. DANA SHAW

The fire was extinguished but the building was extensively damaged. DANA SHAW

authorStaff Writer on Oct 25, 2024
At least 17 people were left homeless after an early morning fire swept through a group of apartments on the second and third floors of a historic building on Main... more

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