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 ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency in Suffolk County. Towns and communities in Long Island, New York, were on alert Saturday after brush fires spewed thick smoke into the air.

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 ...

Fast-moving brush fires burned through a large swath of land on New York's Long Island on Saturday fanned by high winds, spewing gray smoke and prompting the evacuation of a military base and the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 evacuation of a ...