Officials say a fire leveled a garage in Middle Island.
The incident happened at a detached garage located on Swezeytown Road around 10 p.m. yesterday.
Police tell News 12 a man was doing mechanical work on one of the five motorcycles or three cars in the garage and left for a few minutes.
According to police, when he came back the garage was on fire, but did not spread to the nearby home.
A total of three people and five animals were evacuated from the home as a precaution.