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

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 ...

Following brush fires in Long Island, Gov. Kathy Hochul issued a burn ban until March 16, when New York’s annual statewide ...

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

A series of brush fires that scorched more than 600 acres on Long Island over the weekend may have been sparked by an attempt ...

Fire officials in Suffolk County say that a s’mores-making incident this past weekend caused some of the worst brush fires Long Island has seen in three ...

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 investigation involves drones, helicopters and a review of everyone who called 911 about the blazes, he said. ...

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 ...