Centereach Man Found Dead in House Fire

By Timothy Bolger Posted on May 19, 2016

A 50-year-old man was found dead in his Centereach home that had caught fire on Wednesday, Suffolk County police said.

Neighbors called 911 when they heard an explosion and saw flames coming from a house on Minerva Lane, where Centereach Fire Department firefighters found Timothy Oskey unresponsive, lying on the floor of the basement at 2:40 p.m., police said.

Oskey was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The Ronkonkoma, Farmingville and Selden Fire Departments also responded to help extinguish the flames.

Homicide Section and Arson Section detectives are continuing the investigation but do not suspect foul play.

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Timothy Bolger

Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press who’s been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. When he’s not editing, getting hassled by The Man or fielding cold calls to the newsroom, he covers crime, general interest and political news in addition to reporting longer, sometimes investigative features. He won’t be happy until everyone is as pissed off as he is about how screwed up Lawn Guyland is.