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

The voter-approved sales tax hike took effect March 1, with money generated for the new Suffolk County Water Quality ...

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 ...

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 smoke plumes into the air, appear to have been started by people making ...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has made state resources available as multiple fire departments respond to a major wildfire in ...

The cause of the brush fires that ravaged 400 acres on Long Island’s Pine Barrens over the weekend was accidental, officials said Monday. “Following an investigation by Suffolk County Police ...

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

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.

The final blaze, which was 80% contained by Saturday night, is believed to be now 100% contained, though fire officials were still tending to several smaller hot spots to prevent potential further ...

By Stephen J. Kotz A series of small brush fires that hopscotched their way from Manorville east culminated in an explosive ...