New York Governor Kathy Hochul has issued a state of emergency following brush fires that began early Saturday afternoon on Long Island. The state of emergency was specifically for Suffolk County, as the fire in Westhampton is reportedly 50 percent contained.
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,