Suffolk County Police Arson Section detectives believe the cause is related to a fire that spread following an attempt to make s’mores at a home on North Cozine Road in Manorville.

The Suffolk County Police Department released the following statement on March 10 on the brush fires in the pine barrens this past weekend:

Officials said that the family making s’mores had difficulty getting the fire lit as strong winds blew through the area, and turned to using cardboard to light a spark. But the embers from the fire traveled amid the strong winds, causing the fire to spread.

Fires are tied to the history of the pine barrens, now at 105,000 acres, down from what experts believe at one time was a quarter of a million acres.

The massive brush fire that impacted the East End of Long Island​ is no longer burning in Westhampton, but Forest Rangers worked all day on Sunday to contain the perimeter.

Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine said last night the wildfire in the Westhampton pine barrens is nearly 80% contained. The county arson squad is investigating the cause of the blaze.

Stemming the Southern pine beetle onslaught is one way to limit the amount of dead trees that lead to new growth and more fire risk, Romaine said.

Dozens of fire departments and the National Guard were working on Saturday to extinguish multiple wildfires scorching the Pine Barrens and spreading for miles along the Sunrise Highway.

A New York resident making s'mores in their backyard is suspected of accidentally igniting a series of wildfires over the weekend that swept through hundreds of acres of the Pine