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Watch: Thick wildfire smoke engulfs New York's Long Island, emergency declared
Thick plumes of smoke from several wildfires have engulfed New York's Long Island, prompting the closure of a major highway and evacuation of a military base in the area. As more structures, including ...
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Suspected cause of Long Island wildfires was a resident making s'mores: Police
So that is the operating theory right now." Smoke billows from fires in New York's Long Island, Mar. 8, 2025, seen from Southampton, N.Y. Catalina said the department has 25 arson investigators ...
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New York governor declares state of emergency for wind-driven brush fire on Long Island
NEW YORK (AP) — Fast-moving brush fires fanned by high winds burned through a large swath of land on New York's Long Island on Saturday, spewing thick gray smoke into the sky and prompting the ...
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New York Wildfires: What to Know as Evacuations Underway
Peter Aitken is a Newsweek Politics Editor based in New York ... fire has prompted closures on the highway as 35 fire departments set to contain and extinguish the flames, although a smoke ...
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New York Wildfire Update: Maps, Tracker Show Counties Under Threat
The NWS said this smoke blew offshore further downstream. A fire danger map from New York's Department of Environmental Conservation showed that 21 counties were considered to be high-risk ...
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New Jersey is entering an especially risky wildfire season, officials say
A persistent drought and increased burden on the state’s fire service hang over the Garden State as its peak wildfire season ...
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18 injured after New York City subway track fire, station fills with smoke
NEW YORK -- Eighteen people were injured after a track fire was reported on the No.1 subway track, filling a New York City station with smoke, MTA officials said. Thick gray smoke billowed out of ...
Cellphone footage captures active brush fire on New York’s Long Island shooting smoke into the sky
Brush fires on New York's Long Island have picked up quickly amid high winds. They are spewing thick gray smoke into the sky and have closed a major highway.
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Huge wildfires erupt near wealthy New York Hamptons enclave sending massive plume of smoke into the sky and closes roads
HUGE wildfires have erupted near the wealthy Hamptons enclave in New York, with thick smoke blacking out the sky. Four separate brush fires burned along Sunrise Highway into the Long Island ...
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Wildfires break out on Long Island, NY Gov. Kathy Hochul declares state of emergency
NEW YORK — Wildfires ... of when the fire would be contained. There is no threat to homes at this time, officials said. Fires burned close to roads and drivers, and smoke could be seen for ...
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New York governor declares state of emergency for wind-driven brush fire on Long Island
This photo provided by the New York Air National Guard shows smoke from the fires in the Pine Barrens off Sunrise Highway in New York's Long Island, on Saturday, March 8, 2025. (Cheran Campbell ...