| This morning at approximately 8:18 am Cutchogue's Bravest were dispatched to respond to the Southold Town Recycling Center for a reported brush / mulch fire.
Police and Fire Department units responded after employees reported a mulch fire in the northern area of the recycling center
Arriving firefighters discovered a small portion of a large compost pile burning.
Because the fire was located in a remote area of the landfill mutual aid was requested from the Southold FD for a tanker truck.
Once a water supply was established, Firefighters utilized the master stream and aerial device from our ladder truck 8-5-3 to attack and contain the fire.
Throughout the incident, Town employees used a pay loader and excavator to spread apart to pile so that all of the hot spots could be extinguished.
Firefighters were on scene for over 2 and a half hours.
Later in the evening at approximately 9:00 p.m. firefighters were called back to the recycling center. The fire had reignited and began to spread and was now burning in a difficult area to access by machinery.
Additional mutual aid was requested for manpower and tankers from the following departments:
Mattituck FD - Engine
Southold FD -Tanker
East Marion FD - Tanker
Riverhead FD - Tanker
Flanders FD - Tanker
Greenport FD - Ambulance
Jamesport FD - Stand-by
Southold Town Police - Drone unit
Crews would work until nearly 2:00 a.m. before returning to service.
Thank you to everyone for their assistance |
