Five pine barrens forests set to undergo controlled burns this spring to combat wildfires
Controlled or prescribed fires have been used on Long Island since the 1995 Sunrise Fire near Westhampton to improve habitats ...
Long Island brush fires: How homeowners near Sunrise Highway were impacted
East End brush fires shocked some residents and evoked memories of those who lived through the Sunrise Fire of 1995.
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Long Island fire: Residents making s'mores in backyard likely caused New York fires, officials say
Law enforcement agencies are still interviewing all 911 callers to rule out any possibilities, but they "strongly feel that it was accidental." ...
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Long Island fire: Residents making s'mores in backyard likely caused New York fires, officials say
SUFFOLK COUNTY, Long Island ... More than 90 fire departments and EMS crews, as well as the National Guard, battled the flames along the Sunrise Highway in Suffolk County on Saturday and ...
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Backyard s’mores believed to be the origin of Long Island fires, investigators say
The fires evoked memories of the 1995 Sunrise Fire that burned through more than 5,000 acres of the Pine Barrens nature preserve and forced hundreds from their homes, according to the Long Island Pine ...
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Residents making s'mores in their backyard likely caused Suffolk County brush fires, officials say
Law enforcement agencies are still interviewing all 911 callers to rule out any possibilities, but they "strongly feel that it was accidental." ...
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Long Island fires started by person making s’mores, officials say
The Long Island brush fires that startled ... “We feel very, very strongly that this is an accidental fire.” A massive response from local firefighters kept the brush fires south of Sunrise Highway, ...
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Massive Long Island brush fires likely caused by someone trying to cook s’mores for breakfast
Massive brush fires that raged across Long Island over the weekend ... Residents north of Sunrise Highway in Manorville tried to start a fire in their backyard around 9 a.m. Saturday to cook ...