Long Island brush fires sparked by s'mores bonfire
Investigators have determined that the brush fires that burned more than 400 acres of Long Island’s Pine Barrens over the weekend were caused by a family’s backyard bonfire while making s’mores. Fire officials say early emergency response helped contain the flames before they spread further.
The wildfires began accidentally when someone in Suffolk County tried to light a fire to make s’mores, officials said. They ...
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Stemming the Southern pine beetle onslaught is one way to limit the amount of dead trees that lead to new growth and more ...
Suffolk County Police Commissioner Kevin Catalina said the "operating theory" is that a fire was started at about 9:30 a.m.
Four separate fires blanketed Long Island’s East End Saturday, as thick black smoke filled the sky, threatening homes ...
Embers from a fire sparked by a family trying to make s'mores in their Manorville yard are believed to have ignited four ...
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Law enforcement agencies are still interviewing all 911 callers to rule out any possibilities, but they "strongly feel that it was accidental." ...
A brush fire is ripping through Long Island, New York. The fire broke out in the Pine Barrens near Westhampton. It is ...
The last of four blazes that began in Suffolk County on Saturday has been put out, but Long Island and the Hudson Valley ...
A state of emergency was declared by New York Governor Kathy Hochul, and around 100 fire companies were reportedly deployed.
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.
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