Feb. 10--A Hampton Bays house fire Thursday shut down roads and delayed a train for hours, said Southampton Town police.
Four residents, plus a cat and dog, were evacuated safely from a corner house at Fanning and Ponquogue avenues, which had three apartments, all occupied at the time, police said.
Southampton detectives and the town fire marshal are looking for the cause of the 3:12 p.m. fire, but believe it started outside the building, police said.
One firefighter with chest pains was taken to Southampton Hospital and his condition was not known Thursday night, Southampton police said.
The roadways were closed in both directions, police said, and the westbound 2:51 Long Island Rail Road train out of Montauk was held up west of the Southampton station.
Police from the town and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority worked to close off the railroad tracks. At about 3:30 p.m., Suffolk County officials requested the LIRR shut down power between Hampton Bays and Southampton, an LIRR spokesman said.
By 5:15 p.m., local roads were being reopened, police said, and trains were starting to run again.
The Montauk train was expected to delay its 5:50 p.m. arrival at Jamaica by more than 70 minutes, the LIRR website said.
No eastbound trains were affected, the LIRR spokesman said.
Police said five fire departments responded: Hampton Bays, East Quogue, Quogue, Southampton Village and Flanders. Flanders Ambulance was also at the scene, police said.
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