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Long Island business owner reveals damage to his shop from Hamptons fires
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March 9, 2025
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1:25Now PlayingA tough Long Island business owner drove one of his trucks — while it was on fire — to save it from the wildfires that raged through the Hamptons over the weekend.
Mark Cirillo, 64, battled to save AutoGate Systems Inc., his business of the last 20 years, as flames closed in on his shop in Westhampton Beach on Saturday and eventually burned down a shed he used to store wood and building materials, damaged projects for clients and melted part of a truck.
“When I was getting the vehicles out, the last one was on fire,” Cirillo told The Post on Sunday. “It was hairy! The smoke was so thick that you couldn’t see. It was so hot, it was burning my hands on the steering wheel.”
Chilling video footage of the fire taken by Cirillo captured bright orange and red flames fanning out behind a building belonging to his automatic-gate business.
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