Crews are battling brush fires on New York's Long Island amid dry conditions and strong wind gusts. An official estimate Sunday said the wildfire in Westhampton, Suffolk County is 80% contained ...

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 ...

A state of emergency has been issued in New York as brush fires sweep through swathes of Long Island and near Brooklyn. Firefighters are battling the flames with National Guard helicopters ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency on Saturday as crews battled growing brush fires on Long Island. The first fire started around 1 p.m. in Center Moriches in Suffolk County ...

Suffolk County officials said Sunday they are investigating the origin of several major brush fires after flames scorched part of New York’s Long Island on Saturday, triggering highway closures ...

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 ...

Wind-driven brush fires that burned on New York’s Long Island over the weekend, injuring two firefighters and sending large smoke plumes into the air, appear to have been started by people ...

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 .

NEW YORK (AP) — Fast-moving brush fires fanned by high winds burned through a large swath of land on New York’s Long Island on Saturday, spewing thick gray smoke into the sky and prompting the ...