November 12, 2023, 1418 hours. The Central Islip Fire Department is dispatched to a report of a house fire on Sampson Avenue in Islandia. The CI Fire Marshal is first to arrive with an Ex-Chief and they find a very small and smoldering fire in an exterior wall and a smoke condition within the residence. Firefighters open the wall and quickly extinguish the fire. There are no injuries. Suffolk Arson detectives handle the investigation. Lakeland sent an engine and Hauppauge sent a truck.
