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Bellone: Fire Island 'has been devastated'

Originally published: October 30, 2012 11:21 AM
Updated: October 30, 2012 5:22 PM
By CANDICE RUUD. AND ELLEN YAN candice.ruud@newsday.com, ellen.yan@newsday.com

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Fire Island, the popular summer resort along the vulnerable coast of the South Shore, "has been devastated" by the superstorm Sandy, the Suffolk County executive said Tuesday.

Eighty percent of the homes facing the ocean had been damaged to some extent, and a dozen were either destroyed or simply washed out to sea, County Executive Steve Bellone said.

"It will have changed in a number...

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