Crime & Safety
Barn Burns Down in Sagaponack
Montauk Highway closed for a time as multiple departments battle blaze.
Multiple fire departments and the Southampton Town Hazardous Materials Team responded to a barn fire at Schwenks Farm in Sagaponack on Sunday afternoon, shutting down Montauk Highway for three hours.
Southampton Town police said they received the report of the fire at 12:15 p.m. at 3491 Montauk Highway. Southampton Town Police and Bridgehampton, Southampton, Amagansett, Sag Harbor, East Hampton and North Sea fire departments were dispatched to extinguish the fire, located in a storage barn housing various farm equipment, according to police.
Bridgehampton, East Hampton and Southampton Town ambulance companies responded as well, though no injuries were reported, according to police.
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Montauk Highway was shut down between Sagg Road and Wainscott Harbor Road for three hours.
The Southampton Hazardous Materials Team investigated after the fire was extinguished, police said.
