Controlled or prescribed fires have been used on Long Island since the 1995 Sunrise Fire near Westhampton to improve habitats ...

Firefighters will continue to vigorously fight accidental wildfires, even in the region's least dense areas, a Suffolk fire ...

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 Barrens region of ...

As of Sunday morning, the Long Island brush fire was 80% contained, but wind gusts of up to 40 mph continue to threaten the area. Here's the latest: ...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Saturday advised that Albany was in close communication with "local partners on Long Island" after fires broke out along Sunrise Highway in the Pine Barrens region of ...

Investigators say embers from a backyard fire spread rapidly, fueling blazes that prompted evacuations and an emergency burn ban.

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

Massive brush fires continue to burn in Long Island’s Pine Barrens, officials investigating potential arson, ABC 7 New York reports. Officials are probing the possibility of arson in connection to a ...

Wind-driven brush fires that burned on New York’s Long Island over the weekend, injuring two firefighters and sending large ...

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

Suffolk County Police Commissioner Kevin Catalina ... igniting a fire in Eastport and another fire in the publicly protected Pine Barrens region of West Hampton, according to Catalina.

Jesse Garcia, chairman of the Suffolk County & Brookhaven Town Republican Committees, wrote on X: "Massive wildfire in the pine barrens. More than 70 fire companies and 20 EMS on site. Declaration ...