'Stubborn' Fire Rips Through Southold Home: Fire Department Chief

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SOUTHOLD, NY — Fire ripped through a Southold home Thursday afternoon, officials said.

According to Southold Fire Department Chief Ty Cochran, the house broke out in a home on Soundview Avenue at 1:38 p.m.

The Southold Fire Department responded; the Cutchogue Fire Department was also at the scene, as was the Greenport Fire Department with a rapid intervention team, he said.

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“It was a stubborn fire,” but firefighters extinguished the blaze, Cochran said.

No one was home when the fire broke out, he added.

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Although the home was damaged, the structure was saved. “It is not a total loss,” Cochran said.


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