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 ...

To billionaire Elon Musk and his cost-cutting team at the Department of Government Efficiency, Karen Ortiz may just be one of ...

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

New York's governor triggered a burn ban for the area. She issued a prohibition on most types of outside camping, cooking and warming fires in Long Island, as well as parts of the Hudson Valley amid ...

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 ...

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

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