Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency Saturday following multiple wildfires that broke out on the South Shore of ...

The town and village held a rare joint meeting last week at Brookhaven Town Hall in Farmingville to consider a developer's ...

A homeowner's failed attempt to make s'mores likely sparked this weekend's fast-moving brush fire on Long Island, Suffolk ...

Officials on Monday revealed new details regarding the wrapped body hauled in by fishing boat off the Massachusetts coast ...

Police in New York say multiple brush fires that burned across a wooded area of Long Island over the weekend were ...

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.

The Long Island brush fires that injured two firefighters and damaged two buildings were started by a person cooking s’mores, ...

An attempt to make s'mores accidentally sparked the massive brush fires that impacted the East End of Long Island, Suffolk County police said Monday.

The cause of the brush fires that ravished 400 acres on Long Island’s Pine Barrens have been ruled accidental.

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 ...

Suffolk County Police Commissioner Kevin Catalina said the "operating theory" is that a fire was started at about 9:30 a.m.