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Firefighters seek to contain brush fire on Long Island
Firefighters in New York were continuing to battle at least one brush fire in a wooded stretch of Long Island on Sunday as ...
NY authorities investigate Long Island blazes as fire threatens central US
As investigators work to identify the origin of the recent New York wildfires, red flag warnings were issued across the ...
NY governor declares state of emergency over wind-driven fires on Long Island
Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency a day earlier after four separate fires broke out across large swaths of Long Island’s Pine Barrens region, prompting closures to the highway and ...
Brush fire on Long Island that has scorched 400 acres is 80% contained
A brush fire on New York’s Long Island that has burned 400 acres and prompted a response from 80 fire departments and 600 ...
Authorities investigate possibility of arson as origin of Long Island fires
Arson could be the cause of several wind-driven brush fires that burned on New York’s Long Island over the weekend, injuring ...
Fire and the Suffolk pine barrens share a natural history
Fires are tied to the history of the pine barrens, now at 105,000 acres, down from what experts believe at one time was a quarter of a million acres.
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Massive Long Island, NY, Wildfires Prompt State of Emergency
Two commercial buildings were damaged and two firefighters suffered minor injuries, Suffolk County Fire Coordinator Rudy ...
Wildfire on Long Island that prompted state of emergency extinguished
The last of the wind-driven wildfires that had stretched hundreds of acres across eastern Long Island, prompting the New York governor to declare a state of emergency, was extinguished by Sunday ...