West Babylon house fire possibly electrical

The North Babylon Fire Company was called to a house fire at 231 Essex St. Firefighters arrived to find heavy fire showing from the second floor of the home. (Dec. 1, 2011) Credit: Paul Mazza
A house fire about midday Thursday in West Babylon might have been electrical in origin, Suffolk County police said.
The fire on Essex Street was reported at 11:38 a.m. and caused some traffic disruption in the area, a police spokeswoman said.
There were no injuries, the spokeswoman said.

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