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Facts on the Suffolk brush fire

Firefighters battle a large brush fire in Ridge

Photo credit: Robert Garofalo | Firefighters battle a large brush fire in Ridge and Wading River. Here the fire jumps across Wading River Road. (April 9, 2012)

Fire size 500 acres

 

Agencies assisting 125

 

Firefighters - Hundreds

 

Injuries - 3, with 1 admitted to burn unit

 

Homes destroyed - 2

 

Homes damaged - 1

 

Commercial structures destroyed - 1

 

Additional structures destroyed - 3

 

Without power - 260

SOURCE: Suffolk County; Newsday reporting

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