At about 4:40 p.m. on Friday, Natalie Sticesen was in her kitchen on Osprey Lane in Shorewood when her smoke alarm went off.
Her house was safe, but almost immediately after the alarm sounded, Ms. Sticesen’s fiancé Tom Zieba, doing some yard work, called to her that a neighbor’s house was on fire and to call 911.
“Within a few minutes police officers were here, running toward the black smoke,” Ms. Sticesen said.
The officers were soon followed by Shelter Island Fire Department volunteers
Preliminary Police Department reports are that the fire started in a shed near a pool, leaped to the house and was “actively burning” some siding on the house when firefighters arrived.
Speculation is that it started as an electrical fire.
Fire Department Assistant Chief Stan Beckwith said Monday that “the fire was knocked down pretty quickly.”
There were no injuries, but significant damage to the shed and the side of the house.
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