Sayville FD Responds to Fire Island Pines Blaze

Sayville Fire Department received an alarm for a working structure fire at the Fire Island Pines community at just before 9:30pm on November 14th. Chief Mike Butler and two crews arrived on scene via ferry service. The first crew was immediately put to work protecting twenty 100-lb propane tanks with hand lines while fire was whipping overhead. The second crew responded to a residential structure fire on the opposite side of the harbor. Firefighter Steve Vanderborgh took command of his crew at that structure fire as Sayville firefighters were tasked with outside ventilation and overhaul. Several other fire departments also worked the scene of that fire.

Volunteer firefighters returned back to Sayville at approximately 1:30am and were dismissed an hour later once all equipment was put back into service. On Tuesday, another crew of five firefighters took the 3PM ferry back to the Pines to lend additional support and returned back to Headquarters later that evening.