Crime & SafetyUpdated: Jan. 12, 2026, 10:33 a.m.|Published: Jan. 12, 2026, 10:04 a.m.
FDNY responds to a fire at a home in Erastina Place near Dehart Avenue on the morning of Monday, Jan. 12, 2026.(Advance/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The FDNY is responding to a fire at a home in Mariners Harbor on Monday morning.
The fire is 89 Erastina Place on a dead-end street near Dehart Avenue.
Firefighters with hoses are entering and exiting the two-and-a-half-story frame home.
Windows are broken and some of the siding on the house is singed. Firefighters have extended a ladder to the top floor of the home.
A large amount of clutter is on the property.
A family with children lives at the location and nobody was home at the start of the fire, according to sources at the scene.
FDNY responds to a fire at a home in Erastina Place near Dehart Avenue on the morning of Monday, Jan. 12, 2026.(Advance/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)
FDNY responds to a fire at a home in Erastina Place near Dehart Avenue on the morning of Monday, Jan. 12, 2026.(Advance/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)
FDNY responds to a fire at a home in Erastina Place near Dehart Avenue on the morning of Monday, Jan. 12, 2026.(Advance/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)
FDNY responds to a fire at a home in Erastina Place near Dehart Avenue on the morning of Monday, Jan. 12, 2026.(Advance/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)
FDNY responds to a fire at a home in Erastina Place near Dehart Avenue on the morning of Monday, Jan. 12, 2026.(Advance/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)
FDNY responds to a fire at a home in Erastina Place near Dehart Avenue on the morning of Monday, Jan. 12, 2026.(Advance/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)
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