The current "operating theory" is that the fires were sparked accidentally in a backyard near Sunrise Highway, authorities ...

Due to the efforts of hundreds of first responders from across Long Island, and the rapid response of state officials, the ...

Law enforcement agencies are still interviewing all 911 callers to rule out any possibilities, but they "strongly feel that it was accidental." ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency and said state agencies were responding to the fires around the Pine Barrens, ...

Firefighters in New York continued to battle at least one brush fire in a wooded stretch of Long Island on Sunday.

The wildfires began accidentally when someone in Suffolk County tried to light a fire to make s’mores, officials said. They ...

Investigators have determined that the brush fires that burned more than 400 acres of Long Island’s Pine Barrens over the ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency Saturday following multiple wildfires that broke out on the South Shore of ...

A New York resident making s'mores in their backyard is suspected of accidentally igniting a series of wildfires over the ...

A homeowner's failed attempt to make s'mores likely sparked this weekend's fast-moving brush fire on Long Island, Suffolk ...