Suffolk County detectives are investigating a five-car fire that destroyed an office building in West Babylon, according to the police department and the East Farmingdale Fire Company.
Farmingdale firefighters responded to Frontline Auto Sales on Route 109 just after midnight on Saturday. They found four cars engulfed in flames, a fifth beginning to burn and the building on fire, according to East Farmingdale Fire Company Chief James Quinn Jr.
It took first responders roughly an hour to extinguish the flames. Quinn’s fire company was joined in battling the blaze by firefighters from West Babylon, North Lindenhurst and Lindenhurst.
The Frontline Auto Sales office building was destroyed but no one was injured, according to Quinn.
The Suffolk County Police Arson Squad is looking into the cause of the fire, the police department said. A Suffolk police spokesperson added that such investigations were typical for most fire.
The agency said people may call 800-220-TIPS if they have any information about the fire.
Sam Kmack covers the Town of Islip for Newsday. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California and previously worked as a city watchdog reporter in the Phoenix metro area, as well as an investigative journalist at the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting.
