The Smithtown Fire Department was dispatched to a reported structure fire on Miller Place in the Village of the Branch. Units arrived to find an active fire in an enclosed plenum space between multiple ceilings and the roof of a strip mall housing a Japanese restaurant, a bagel store, a medical office and Starbucks. Crews stretched multiple lines and went to the roof via aerial and ground ladders. Mutual aid was requested from Nesconset FD for a ladder, Hauppauge for a ladder and Kings Park for an engine. The fire sprinklers were operating within the building and FD personnel opened up and extinguished the fire. Two firefighters were injured and transported to the hospital via ambulance.

Fire Marshals from the Town of Smithtown Department of Public Safety are investigating the origin and cause of the fire with the Suffolk County Police Department Arson Squad.