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Ryefield Road Home
Burns to Ground

A call came into the Locust Valley Fire Department at 2:20 AM, the morning of July 10th, reporting that there were burning wires in a tree on Ryefield Road in Lattingtown. The chiefs of the department immediately responded to the area to find that the home at 59 Ryefield Road was totally engulfed in flames. Soon 45 firefighters and four trucks were on the scene, with both Glen Cove and Bayville’s Departments responding as well.
The men went to work to put out the blaze and prevent it from spreading to neighboring homes. The intensity of the inferno made it impossible to enter the house; however, it was observed that a garage on the property had an air conditioner in the window. Firefighters entered that space which appeared to have been converted into a small living area, but no one was in there. “The fire was so hot, the garbage cans melted,” explained Brian Nolan, Third Assistant Chief.
Around 7:30 the same morning, the Department was called back by one of their firefighters who also lives on Ryefield. Upon their arrival, they discovered the basement was still burning, and proceeded to extinguish it. Nolan noted that a “stop work and dumping” notice was posted on a tree outside the house. Neighbors commented that the house had been undergoing renovations for quite some time.
Nolan recalled that their volunteer Fire Department responded to the same house back in March of this year. Back then, they found a smoldering fire in the fireplace with nobody home. The telephone directory identifies J. Cotrone as having telephone service at that address; no one returned The Leader’s calls to the number for comment. According to Nolan, that the cause of the fire has not been officially determined and that Fire Marshals are investigating.

• Chris Roberts