Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency and said state agencies were responding to the fires around the Pine Barrens, ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul issued a state of emergency on Saturday as crews battled several brush fires on Long Island.

Towns and communities in Long Island, New York, were on alert Saturday after brush fires spewed thick smoke into the air. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency in Suffolk County as ...

Crews are battling brush fires on New York's Long Island amid dry conditions ... second assistant chief for the Westhampton Beach Fire Department. Though no residents are currently in the line ...

The annual statewide ban prohibiting residential brush burning begins Sunday and runs through May 14. Since 2009, DEC has ...

Fast-moving brush fires burned through a large swath ... "It is driving this fire." New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency and said state agencies were responding to the ...

Flames and heavy smoke are seen billowing from a brush fire on Long Island March 8, 2025. Courtesy Westhampton Beach Fire Department Hochul said the New York National Guard deployed multiple Black ...

NEW YORK -- Fast-moving brush fires fanned by high winds burned ... Officials said three of the four fires were fully contained, with the fire in Westhampton 50% contained. Two commercial ...

This photo provided by the New York Air National Guard shows smoke from the fires in the Pine Barrens off Sunrise Highway in New York's Long Island, on Saturday, March 8, 2025. (Cheran Campbell ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Fast-moving brush fires burned through a large swath ... but officials said homes were not in the line of fire. One firefighter was flown to a hospital to be treated for burns ...