A brush fire ripped through parts of the Pine Barrens on Long Island Saturday afternoon. A burn ban and a State of Emergency have been enacted due to the elevated fire risk on Long Island.

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Ollie Sweeney, Contributing Writer Earlier this month, a devastating wildfire ripped across Sunrise Highway on Long Island. Almost a hundred fire departments were called for aid. The smoke was so ...

A brush fire is ripping through Long Island, New York, after reportedly breaking out in the Pine Barrens near Westhampton. The blaze is spreading along the south side of Sunrise Highway ...

In 1862, according to the Pine Barrens Society, a fire raged from Smithtown to Southampton. Long Island brush fires in late April 1989 extended from the pine barrens in Deer Park to Riverhead.

Centuries of fire suppression have left Long Island's pine barrens overcrowded ... and 10-hour fuels such as brush that take a little longer to catch. Dead trees are 1,000-hour fuels: "It will ...

SHIRLEY, N.Y. (PIX11) — Fire officials in Suffolk County say that a s’mores-making incident this past weekend caused some of the worst brush ... the Eastern Long Island Pine Barrens, according ...

WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. — A brush fire ... Pine Barrens, she said on X. The region affected by the risk — southeastern New York state, northern New Jersey and southern Connecticut ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency Saturday afternoon as dozens of fire departments responded to Long Island's Pine Barrens to gain control of massive brush fires fueled by ...

Brush fires on New York’s Long Island erupted Saturday, forcing evacuations in the Hamptons and shutting down a major highway as thick smoke billowed .