Man Killed in Farmingville House Fire, According to Authorities

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Reports: After the fire was extinguished, the body of an adult male was located inside.

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Farmingville, NY - December 10, 2018 - Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad and Arson Section detectives are investigating a house fire that killed a man in Farmingville on Sunday, December 9.
 
Sixth Precinct police officers, firefighters from Farmingville, Ronkonkoma, Selden, Holtsville, Medford and North Patchogue, as well as the Brookhaven Town Fire Marshal, responded to a residence on Elder Ave. at 11:32 p.m. after a 911 caller reported a fire at the location.
 
After the fire was extinguished, the body of an adult male was located inside. The man, a resident of the home, was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner and his name is being withheld pending identification by the medical examiner.
 
Arson Section detectives believe the cause of the fire to be non-criminal.