Fast-moving brush fires fanned by high winds burned through a large swath of land on New York's Long Island on Saturday, spewing thick gray smoke into the sky and prompting the evacuation of a military base and the closure of a major highway.
Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency as state agencies responded to fires in the Pine Barrens, a wooded area near commuter towns east of New York City. She warned that homes, a chemical factory,
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 s’mores in their backyard,
Governor Hochul said emergency workers were responding to the fires around the Pine Barrens, a wooded area that is home to commuter towns east of New York City.
A state of emergency was declared by New York Governor Kathy Hochul, and around 100 fire companies were reportedly deployed.
Suffolk County Police Arson Section detectives believe the cause is related to a fire that spread following an attempt to make s’mores at a home on North Cozine Road in Manorville.
Fast-moving wildfires fanned by high winds have engulfed New York's Long Island, prompting the closure of a major highway and evacuation of a military base in the
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has made state resources available as multiple fire departments respond to a major wildfire in Suffolk County.