Fire Spreads from Dumpster to Southold Commercial Building

January 01, 2026 | Southold, NY

Firefighters are battling a working fire that originated in a dumpster and extended to a nearby commercial structure at 54560 Route 25 in Southold, New York. The incident was reported at 4:26 p.m. on Jan. 1. The on-scene chief confirmed the fire's extension to the building, prompting the reactivation of the working fire assignment. Mutual aid has been requested from Greenport, including a Rapid Intervention Team (RIT), to support the response.

Chief on Scene Reporting dumpster fire w/ extn to a Commercial Building structure reactivate Working fire mutual aid Greenport Rapid Intervention Team.

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