By the time the danger had passed the morning after fire ripped through 600 acres of the Central Pine Barrens in Westhampton ...

Jones Beach Brewing, the brewery that named its first beer after Jones Inlet recently opened a taproom on the west side of ...

Southampton Town Police say that what they believe is a real hand grenade was discovered in the backyard of a Hampton Bays ...

Riverhead Fire Department honored 75-year member Marty Montag, age 98, at fire department headquarters Saturday night. Photos.

Controlled or prescribed fires have been used on Long Island since the 1995 Sunrise Fire near Westhampton to improve habitats ...

U.S. Air Force firefighters assigned to the 106th Rescue Wing actively fight the Pine Barren Fire off Sunrise Highway on March 8, 2025. Base fire trucks, local departments, and an HH-60W Jolly ...

Department of Environmental Conservation forest rangers were in the Pine Barrens on Sunday extinguishing any remaining hotspots and working to establish a full perimeter. Once that happens, the ...

A state of emergency has been declared in New York with residents forced to flee the Hamptons after several wildfires set parts of Long Island ablaze. Flames erupted along Sunrise Highway near ...

SUFFOLK COUNTY, Long Island (WABC) -- There is an investigation into possible arson after firefighters knocked down the last of four wildfires that began in Suffolk County on Saturday. Those ...

A New York resident making s'mores in their backyard is suspected of accidentally igniting a series of wildfires over the weekend that swept through hundreds of acres of the Pine Barrens region of ...

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