| On Sunday, at 9:50am, the Riverhead Fire Department was called out on a Signal-24/12, mutual aid to a brush fire, at the Gabreski Airport in Westhampton. It was reported that a fireworks explosion had started a fire in the scrub pines. And due to the steady winds and dry conditions, mutual aid calls went out almost immediately.
A total of ten departments responded to this alarm including; Gabreski, Westhampton, Westhampton Beach, Riverhead, Eastport, East Moriches, Hampton Bays, East Quogue, Quogue and the Flanders Fire Departments. After working this alarm for over three and a half hours, Riverhead firefighters were thanked for their assistance, and given a Signal-5, end of call, at 1:29pm.
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