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

The brush fire in the pine barrens this weekend ignited in a part of Suffolk County with a history of fires and flare-ups — to some degree a natural part of the ecosystem but also exacerbated ...

A fire danger map from New York's Department of Environmental ... "I am issuing a State of Emergency as Suffolk County fights ...

You can check out the live fire map here. Southampton Town Police said ... “New York State agencies are responding to a brush fire in the Pine Barrens. We are in close communication with local ...

The governor announced shortly before 5:30 p.m. that she was “issuing a State of Emergency as Suffolk County fights brush fires in the Pine Barrens.” Southampton also declared a local state of ...

Officials pronounced the Westhampton pine barrens fire 100% knocked down, but do have concerns about flare-ups. Rangers worked Sunday to create a containment perimeter. "The weather is still a ...

Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency as state agencies responded to fires in the Pine Barrens, a wooded area near commuter towns east of New York City. She warned that homes ...

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 ...

The fires are raging in and around the Pine Barrens area east of New York City. According to officials, three of the four blazes were fully contained as of Saturday evening, while the fire in ...

The fire broke out in the Pine Barrens near Westhampton ... You can check out the live fire map here. A brush fire is ripping through Long Island, New York.(Representational Image/ UnSplash ...