2 Rescued from Riverhead Apartment Blaze

Recently, the Riverhead Fire Department responded to the scene of a fast-moving fire on the second floorof a building on Pulaski Street. Town highway crews working nearby saw flames licking at the windows on the second floorand reported the fire. Firefighters arrived to a fully involved structure. First Assistant Chief J.R. Renten and FirefighterFrank Greenwood were able to rescue two second-floorresidents from the burning apartment. The fire, which took off quickly, consumed the second-floorapartment within a matterof minutes, Chief Hartmann said. Firefighters knocked down the blaze enough forfirefighters to gain entry to the second floor.. They searched forany otheroccupants. Hartmann said about 45 firefighters responded to the scene, with three engines and two laddertrucks. Ridge responded on mutual aid and Riverhead VolunteerAmbulance Corps also responded.