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Train Canceled After Fire at Rail Yard

Thu, 08/24/2023 - 11:13

A fire broke out at the Montauk train yard on Edgemere Street on Sunday night, causing the westbound 7:42 p.m. train to be canceled.

In an email to The Star on Monday, the Long Island Rail Road characterized the blaze as “small” and said it was “quickly extinguished and nobody was injured.”

Detective Sgt. Ryan Hogan of the East Hampton Town Police Department said by phone on Tuesday that the Montauk Fire Department responded and put out the flames, and that the response was then turned over to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The likely cause, he said, was “an old generator that had a broken fuel seal.”

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The New York State comptroller’s office has completed another audit of the Montauk Fire District, alleging that the district overcompensated its 17 paid emergency responders and failed to resolve discrepancies in time-clock activity for three of those employees.

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On the Police Logs 05.08.25

In April a woman reported seven broken windows at her Sag Harbor house. She told police the windows were fine last July, when she’d last been in town, but that a caretaker had since reported finding four teenagers in the house, and kicked them out.

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Two East Hampton women were involved in the sole serious road-related accident reported last week.

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Two Hires and Many Awards

Chief Jeffrey Erickson of the East Hampton Village Police Department announced the hiring of two officers, bring the department to full strength. And he village’s emergency medical service chief, Mary Mott, and Gerry Turza, the fire and E.M.S. administrator, recognized several volunteer and paid emergency personnel for quick action during emergency calls.

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