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Fire Engulfs Lake Montauk Cottage on Monday

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Montauk Fire Department firefighters battled a fire that badly damaged a waterfront cottage on East Lake Drive on Monday morning. Nobody was home when the fire broke out. DOUG KUNTZ

Montauk Fire Department firefighters battled a fire that badly damaged a waterfront cottage on East Lake Drive on Monday morning. Nobody was home when the fire broke out. DOUG KUNTZ

Montauk Fire Department firefighters battled a fire that badly damaged a waterfront cottage on East Lake Drive on Monday morning. Nobody was home when the fire broke out. DOUG KUNTZ

Montauk Fire Department firefighters battled a fire that badly damaged a waterfront cottage on East Lake Drive on Monday morning. Nobody was home when the fire broke out. DOUG KUNTZ

Montauk Fire Department firefighters battled a fire that badly damaged a waterfront cottage on East Lake Drive on Monday morning. Nobody was home when the fire broke out. DOUG KUNTZ

Montauk Fire Department firefighters battled a fire that badly damaged a waterfront cottage on East Lake Drive on Monday morning. Nobody was home when the fire broke out. DOUG KUNTZ

Montauk Fire Department firefighters battled a fire that badly damaged a waterfront cottage on East Lake Drive on Monday morning. Nobody was home when the fire broke out. DOUG KUNTZ

Montauk Fire Department firefighters battled a fire that badly damaged a waterfront cottage on East Lake Drive on Monday morning. Nobody was home when the fire broke out. DOUG KUNTZ

Montauk Fire Department firefighters battled a fire that badly damaged a waterfront cottage on East Lake Drive on Monday morning. Nobody was home when the fire broke out. DOUG KUNTZ

Montauk Fire Department firefighters battled a fire that badly damaged a waterfront cottage on East Lake Drive on Monday morning. Nobody was home when the fire broke out. DOUG KUNTZ

Montauk Fire Department firefighters battled a fire that badly damaged a waterfront cottage on East Lake Drive on Monday morning. Nobody was home when the fire broke out. DOUG KUNTZ

Montauk Fire Department firefighters battled a fire that badly damaged a waterfront cottage on East Lake Drive on Monday morning. Nobody was home when the fire broke out. DOUG KUNTZ

Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire but the cottage was badly damaged. DOUG KUNTZ

Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire but the cottage was badly damaged. DOUG KUNTZ

authorMichael Wright on Feb 5, 2024
Fire badly damaged a waterfront cottage off East Lake Drive in Montauk on Monday morning, February 5. It took firefighters more than two hours to completely extinguish the fire, which... more

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