Suffolk

Officials: No injuries in Holbrook house fire

Firefighters battle blaze at a house on Center Street in...

Firefighters battle blaze at a house on Center Street in Holbrook, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017. Credit: Stringer News Service

By John Valentijohn.valenti@newsday.com

A house was damaged, but its residents escaped injuries, after a fire started in an attached garage at the Holbrook home early Sunday evening, police and fire officials said.

Suffolk County police said the fire on Center Street was reported in a 911 call at 4:47 p.m.

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A house was damaged, but its residents escaped injuries, after a fire started in an attached garage at the Holbrook home early Sunday evening, police and fire officials said.

Suffolk County police said the fire on Center Street was reported in a 911 call at 4:47 p.m.

Fire officials said firefighters from Holbrook, Ronkonkoma, Nesconset, Farmingville, Lakeland and Holtsville all responded.

Additional details were not immediately available.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”

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