(Long Island, NY) Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad and Arson Section detectives are investigating a fire that killed a man in Miller Place on Thursday, March 10.
Sixth Precinct police officers responded to a home located on Parkside Ave. after a 911 caller reported a fire on March 10 at 11:50 p.m. Members of the Miller Place Fire Department responded, forced entry into the home and removed a 70-year-old man who was inside.
Suffolk County Police are investigating a fire that killed a man in Miller Place on Thursday, March 10. Photo Credit: Chris Boyle.
The man was transported by the Miller Place Fire Department to John T. Mather Memorial Hospital in Port Jefferson where he was pronounced dead. The man’s identity is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
In addition to the firefighters from the Miller Place Fire Department, firefighters from the Rocky Point, Sound Beach, Mount Sinai and Middle Island Fire Departments responded to extinguish the fire.
Following a preliminary investigation, detectives believe the fire is non-criminal in nature.
