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

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

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

Suffolk County Police Arson Section detectives believe the cause is related to a fire that spread following an attempt to ...

Firefighters have gained control over much of the Pine Barrens wildfires that scorched hundreds of acres along Sunrise … Continued The post Pine Barrens wildfires 80% contained, concerns remain over ...

Rudy Sunderman, the commissioner of the Suffolk County Department of Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services, said the fire covered an approximately 1-by-3-mile area in the Pine Barrens and was about ...

Suffolk County Police Commissioner Kevin Catalina said the "operating theory" is that a fire was started at about 9:30 a.m.

Officials said that the family making s’mores had difficulty getting the fire lit as strong winds blew through the area, and ...

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