Five pine barrens forests set to undergo controlled burns this spring to combat wildfires
Controlled or prescribed fires have been used on Long Island since the 1995 Sunrise Fire near Westhampton to improve habitats ...
Long Island Press2d
Long Island ‘Wings it Forward’ as Restaurants Support Firefighters After Hamptons Brush Fires
Dozens of restaurants are teaming up for the launch of a new program, Long Island Wings it Forward, to raise money for ...
Greater Long Island3d
LI restaurants to raise money for firefighters, with chicken wings
Restaurants from across Long Island will be donating 20 percent of their April 7 wing sales to fire departments that helped ...
More controlled fires needed to manage Long Island pine barrens, ecologists say
Firefighters will continue to vigorously fight accidental wildfires, even in the region's least dense areas, a Suffolk fire ...
The Journal News10d
Kathy Hochul to impose statewide burn ban March 16 after wildfires on Long Island
The Lower Hudson Valley and other parts of New York are under an early burn ban ahead of a statewide ban that starts Sunday, March 16.
Parts of Northeast and Southwest bracing for elevated fire danger
Gusty winds, low humidity and dry conditions are expected to produce elevated fire danger in parts of the Southwest and ...
6abc Action News11d
Long Island fire: Residents making s'mores in backyard likely caused New York fires, officials say
Law enforcement agencies are still interviewing all 911 callers to rule out any possibilities, but they "strongly feel that ...
WTAP11d
Attempt to make s’mores blamed for wind-driven brush fires that swept across area of Long Island
Multiple brush fires that burned across a wooded area of Long Island over the weekend were accidentally caused by a family’s ...
Backyard s’mores believed to be the origin of Long Island fires, investigators say
Officials say brush fires that burned on New York’s Long Island over the weekend, injuring two firefighters and sending large ...
Gothamist11d
Weekend Long Island wildfires sparked by s’mores fire gone wrong, Suffolk police say
Investigators say embers from a backyard fire spread rapidly, fueling blazes that prompted evacuations and an emergency burn ...
Long Island Wildfires Began With Backyard S’mores, Police Say
The wildfires began accidentally when someone in Suffolk County tried to light a fire to make s’mores, officials said. They ...
FOX 5 New York on MSN12d
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 ...