The wildfires began accidentally when someone in Suffolk County tried to light a fire to make s’mores, officials said. They ...

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

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul issued a state of emergency on Saturday as crews battled several brush fires on Long Island.

Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency and said state agencies were responding to the fires around the Pine Barrens, ...

The state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services warned that wind gusts up to 40 mph were likely, complicating ...

Fast-moving brush fires burned through a large swath of land on New York's Long Island on Saturday fanned by high winds, ...

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

Brush fires that burned hundreds of acres on Long Island over the weekend are under control but a burn ban remains in place.

Firefighters in New York continued to battle at least one brush fire in a wooded stretch of Long Island on Sunday.

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

As investigators work to identify the origin of the recent New York wildfires, red flag warnings were issued across the central U.S.