Brush fires on New York's Long Island shoot flames and smoke into the sky
Long Island brush fire is 22% contained, as firefighters battle high winds
Rudy Sunderman, commissioner of the Suffolk County Department of Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services, said Sunday that the fires were 100% "knocked down," which means there are no visible flames.
Firefighters knock down wind-driven brush fire on Long Island but risk remains with high winds
Backyard s’mores believed to be the origin of Long Island fires, investigators say
Wind-driven brush fires that burned on New York’s Long Island over the weekend, injuring two firefighters and sending large smoke plumes into the air, appear to have been started by people making s’mores in their backyard,
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Watch: Thick wildfire smoke engulfs New York's Long Island, emergency declared
New York state Governor Kathy Hochul has declared a state of emergency and said state agencies were responding to the fires around the Pine Barrens area east of New York City. Homes, a chemical factory and an Amazon warehouse were at risk from the fast-moving wildfire.