Suffolk County Police Commissioner Kevin Catalina said the "operating theory" is that a fire was started at about 9:30 a.m.

Police in New York say multiple brush fires that burned across a wooded area of Long Island over the weekend were ...

Brush fires that burned hundreds of acres on Long Island over the weekend are under control and officials believe they now ...

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

The massive brush fire that impacted the East End of Long Island​ is no longer burning in Westhampton, but Forest Rangers ...

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

Arson could be the cause of several wind-driven brush fires that burned on New York’s Long Island over the weekend, injuring ...

Investigators have determined that the brush fires that burned more than 400 acres of Long Island’s Pine Barrens over the ...

Stemming the Southern pine beetle onslaught is one way to limit the amount of dead trees that lead to new growth and more ...

Fires are tied to the history of the pine barrens, now at 105,000 acres, down from what experts believe at one time was a quarter of a million acres.

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

A New York resident making s'mores in their backyard is suspected of accidentally igniting a series of wildfires over the ...