Woman killed in fire at Gildersleeve Mobile Home Park in North Amityville, authorities say

A woman was killed in a Wednesday morning fire at a mobile home park in North Amityville, Suffolk police and fire officials said.

Firefighters from the nearby North Amityville Fire Department station responded to the blaze at the Gildersleeve Mobile Home Park on Broadway at about 7:10 a.m., police and fire officials said.

Suffolk police confirmed a woman had died in the fire at Unit F2, but said her identity was not being released pending an autopsy by the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner. No one else was in the residence at the time, police said. It was unclear whether anyone in the surrounding residences was injured.

Detectives from the arson and homicide squads are investigating, police said, but initial indications are the cause of the fire does not appear criminal.

An employee who answered the phone at Gildersleeve confirmed the fire, but said they would have no comment.

The mobile home park is located on the west side of Broadway, about a quarter-mile north of Sunrise Highway and directly across Route 110/Broadway from the North Amityville firehouse.

Also Wednesday, a fire destroyed an unoccupied house that was being remodeled in Wading River, according to the Riverhead Police Department. Police said they received a 911 call from a Gladys Road resident about the blaze around 7:12 a.m.

When police arrived, heavy smoke was coming from the roof and soffits of the single-story house at 9 Gladys Rd. A short time later, the house was fully engulfed.

In addition to Wading River Fire Department, crews from the Riverhead Fire Department, Ridge Fire Department, Rocky Point Fire Department and Brookhaven National Laboratory Fire Department assisted in extinguishing the fire.

A preliminary investigation suggests the fire appears accidental in nature. 

Check back for updates on this developing story.

By John Valenti

john.valenti@newsday.com

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.”