Fire Island News & Great South Bay News Headlines Archive for April 25, 2026

The structural blaze on Fire Island that consumed a bayfront house and seriously damaged another on Friday afternoon, April 24, caught regional attention, with black smoke visible for miles along and across the bay, and news station helicopters circling above Ocean Beach long after the smoke had cleared.

Fire Island Structure Fire Follow-Up: What We Know the Day After

Posted on April 25, 2026

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