Centre Island fire significantly damages home, officials say

Firefighters from several North Shore departments responded to a call on Centre Island Tuesday night to find a “well-advanced” house fire that ultimately caused significant damage to a home on Roosevelt Road, Nassau County officials said.

No one was injured in the blaze.

The Nassau Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of the fire, officials said.

Nassau County police and fire officials said the fire was reported in a 911 call at 8:57 p.m. The house is on a heavily wooded road off Centre Island Road — and is almost due west across Oyster Bay Harbor from Sagamore Hill.

Officials said firefighters from Bayville, Oyster Bay, Locust Valley and Glen Cove all responded. Police said the 911 caller reported the house was “fully engulfed.”

Fire officials said that could not immediately be verified, but described the fire as “well advanced.” Officials said additional information was not immediately available on Wednesday.

By John Valenti

john.valenti@newsday.com

John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”