The current "operating theory" is that the fires were sparked accidentally in a backyard near Sunrise Highway, authorities ...

Arson could be the cause of several wind-driven brush fires that burned on New York’s Long Island over the weekend, injuring ...

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

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

The dead raccoon was discovered in Amityville. Last month, a dead raccoon found Jan. 28 in North Amityville was also deemed rabid.

The cause of the wildfires that swept through part of Long Island, New York, over the weekend is believed to have been a ...

Firefighters in New York continued to battle at least one brush fire in a wooded stretch of Long Island on Sunday.

The wildfires began accidentally when someone in Suffolk County tried to light a fire to make s’mores, officials said. They ...

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

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