The Long Island brush fires that injured two firefighters and damaged two buildings were started by a person cooking s’mores, ...

The cause of the brush fires that ravished 400 acres on Long Island’s Pine Barrens have been ruled accidental.

Investigators say embers from a backyard fire spread rapidly, fueling blazes that prompted evacuations and an emergency burn ...

The cause of the wildfires that swept through part of Long Island, New York, over the weekend is believed to have been a ...

Suffolk County Police Arson Section detectives believe the cause is related to a fire that spread following an attempt to ...

Law enforcement agencies are still interviewing all 911 callers to rule out any possibilities, but they "strongly feel that ...

Approximately 90 fire and emergency services agencies converged on Westhampton to battle brush fires that culminated in a ...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency over the weekend due to wildfires along the only major road ...

Residents in Center Moriches/Manorville tried to start a fire in their backyard around 9 a.m. Saturday to cook up the treat ...

New York's governor triggered a burn ban for the area. She issued a prohibition on most types of outside camping, cooking and ...

A homeowner's failed attempt to make s'mores likely sparked this weekend's fast-moving brush fire on Long Island, Suffolk County Police said Monday.

The fires broke out in the same vicinity of the Pine Barrens in which a much worse wind-driven blaze devastated thousands of acres along the Sunrise Highway in the late summer of 1995. Drought ...