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Commack FD-House fire on Iris Lane

April 26, 1990 This fire was reported at approximately 2300 hours. The address is 4 Iris Lane. Units arrived to find fire in a private dwelling that was divided into three separate apartments. FD personnel became lost in the building when searching, as one room on the ground level could only be accessed through the basement and had no windows.This was a kitchen fire that extended. FD personnel operated for four hours.

The five occupants of the house all escaped without injury. Seven dogs were killed in the fire.

The property owner, Victor Maffei, had been cited in the summer of 1989 for an illegal apartment in this building. According Building Inspector Robert Bonerba, the property owner, from Laurel Hollow, also own other illegal multi-tenancy houses in the town.

Smithtown Newws 5-3-1990

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