Controlled or prescribed fires have been used on Long Island since the 1995 Sunrise Fire near Westhampton to improve habitats ...

A brush fire in Long Island, New York, that has burned through 400 acres and prompted a response from 80 fire departments and 600 personnel, is now 22% contained, according to Suffolk County officials ...

Long Island volunteers worked through the night in Westhampton to contain the last of four wildfires that sparked Saturday afternoon on eastern Long Island, prompting an emergency response from ...

East End brush fires shocked some residents and evoked memories of those who lived through the Sunrise Fire of 1995.

Westhampton Beach Fire Department Hundreds of drivers had ... Governor Hochul also implemented a burn ban for Long Island, New York City and parts of the Hudson Valley due to gusty winds and ...

But strong air currents combined with dry conditions in the Long Island Pine Barrens could yet pose a problem, said Lewis Scott, the second assistant chief of the Westhampton Beach Fire Department.

The fires — in Center Moriches, East Moriches, Eastport and Westhampton — blanketed part’s of Long Island’s East End shortly after 1 p.m., filling the sky with thick black smoke ...

Smoke billows from fires in New York's Long Island, Mar. 8 ... Mar. 8, 2025, in Westhampton, New York. Andrew Theodorakis/Getty Images The fires in Suffolk County are "100% contained," Amanda ...

Around 1 p.m., multiple wildfires broke out near Westhampton along a New York highway, Southhampton Town Supervisor Maria Moore said in a state of emergency declaration. The fires closed a portion of ...

“Every fire department on Long Island was here ... East Moriches, Eastport and Westhampton. “The Apache helicopters were dropping 500-gallon buckets of water right here,” Cirillo said.