Fireworks eyed in Centereach house fire, chief says

Fire officials are investigating a report that fireworks shot through a bedroom window started a fire that largely consumed the second floor of a home in Centereach on Saturday.

The Centereach Fire Department was called to the home on Arbor Lane about 1:15 a.m. Saturday, Chief Robert Corley said.

Firefighters discovered virtually the entire second floor engulfed in flames, he said.

The occupants of the home, including some children, escaped without injury, he added.

Firefighters also rescued the household’s dog and cat. The fire was brought under control in about a half-hour, he said.

Corley said the fire remained under investigation, and that the cause had not yet been determined.

By Craig Schneider

craig.schneider@newsday.comScraigo

Craig Schneider is a Long Island native and Stony Brook University alumnus. He joined Newsday as a general assignment reporter in January 2018 after 20 years at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.