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 ...
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S'mores eyed as suspected cause of Long Island wildfires
A New York resident making s'mores in their backyard is suspected of accidentally igniting a series of wildfires over the weekend that swept through hundreds of acres of the Pine Barrens region of ...
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 ...
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New York governor declares state of emergency for wind-driven brush fire on Long Island
Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency and said state agencies were responding to the fires around the Pine Barrens, a wooded area that is home to commuter towns east of New York City. She ...
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In the Wildfire’s Wake, Focus Continues on Prescribed Burns
By the time the danger had passed the morning after fire ripped through 600 acres of the Central Pine Barrens in Westhampton ...
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Long Island Brush Fire Breaks Out Across The Pine Barrens
Ollie Sweeney, Contributing Writer Earlier this month, a devastating wildfire ripped across Sunrise Highway on Long Island.
New York Daily News24d
Gov. Hochul declares state of emergency as wildfires rage on Long Island’s South Shore
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 ... before 7 p.m., New York Attorney ...
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Investigators seeking cause of massive Long Island Pine Barrens brush fires: Report
Massive brush fires continue to burn in Long Island’s Pine Barrens, officials investigating potential arson, ABC 7 New York reports. Officials are probing the possibility of arson in connection ...
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New York Wildfires: What to Know as Evacuations Underway
New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Saturday advised that Albany was in close communication with "local partners on Long Island" after fires broke out along Sunrise Highway in the Pine Barrens ...
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Suspected cause of Long Island wildfires was a resident making s'mores: Police
The fires were declared 100% contained on Monday. A New York resident making s'mores in their backyard is suspected of accidentally igniting a series of wildfires over the weekend that swept ...
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Long Island Wildfire Is Under Control, Officials Say
Image Smoke from the fires in the Pine Barrens off Sunrise Highway in Long Island on Saturday.Credit...Cheran Campbell/New York Air National Guard, via Associated Press The National Weather ...
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Firefighters knock down wind-driven brush fire on Long Island but risk remains with high winds
NEW YORK (AP) — Firefighters in New York knocked down a dwindling ... a day earlier after four separate fires broke out across large swaths of Long Island’s Pine Barrens region, prompting closures to ...