Long Island Wildfires Began With Backyard S’mores, Police Say
The wildfires began accidentally when someone in Suffolk County tried to light a fire to make s’mores, officials said. They ...
Tree-killing Southern pine beetles adding fuel for next fire, Suffolk County Executive Romaine says
Stemming the Southern pine beetle onslaught is one way to limit the amount of dead trees that lead to new growth and more ...
Suspected cause of Long Island wildfires was a resident making s'mores: Police
Suffolk County Police Commissioner Kevin Catalina said the "operating theory" is that a fire was started at about 9:30 a.m.
Long Island fire: Residents making s'mores in backyard likely caused New York fires, officials say
Law enforcement agencies are still interviewing all 911 callers to rule out any possibilities, but they "strongly feel that it was accidental." ...
Fire and the Suffolk pine barrens share a natural history
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.
‘Massive’ wildfires erupt on Long Island, sparking state of emergency and evacuations as flames threaten homes
Four separate fires blanketed Long Island’s East End Saturday, as thick black smoke filled the sky, threatening homes ...
The Hamptons, Long Island brush fire map: Blaze erupts in Pine Barrens, spreads along Sunrise Highway
A brush fire is ripping through Long Island, New York. The fire broke out in the Pine Barrens near Westhampton. It is ...
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New York governor declares state of emergency for wind-driven brush fire on Long Island
Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency and said state agencies were responding to the fires around the Pine Barrens, ...
Long Island Wildfire Is Under Control, Officials Say
The last of four blazes that began in Suffolk County on Saturday has been put out, but Long Island and the Hudson Valley ...
New York Wildfire Update: Maps, Tracker Show Counties Under Threat
A state of emergency was declared by New York Governor Kathy Hochul, and around 100 fire companies were reportedly deployed.
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Burn ban in effect for Long Island, New York City and Hudson Valley after Suffolk County brush fire
The fires broke out in the same vicinity of the Pine Barrens in which a much worse wind-driven blaze devastated thousands of acres along the Sunrise Highway in the late summer of 1995. Drought ...
NY authorities investigate Long Island blazes as fire threatens central US
As investigators work to identify the origin of the recent New York wildfires, red flag warnings were issued across the ...