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

Long Island brush fires were caused by a resident trying to make s’mores - The Westhampton Pines Fire burned approximately ...

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

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.

Investigators tasked with determining the cause of the widespread Long Island brush fires over the weekend have linked the blazes to a backyard fire in Manorville.

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 ...

ALBANY — A new poll shows that New Yorkers’ growing opposition to President Donald Trump’s performance in his first weeks in ...

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 ...

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

The ban follows a state of emergency declared in Suffolk County by Hochul to deploy ground and air support to assist with the ...