The people starting a fire tried to use cardboard to ignite… Smores are believed to be the cause of four major brush fires on Long Island over the weekend. Skip to content ...

Brush fires erupt on Long Island's East End. Helicopters have dropped nearly 700 gallons of water since the first brush fire started at around 1 p.m. Saturday in Center Moriches.

All four fires thought to have been sparked by the backyard blaze — the Westhampton fire, and fires in Center Moriches, East Moriches and Eastport — are 100% contained, county officials said.

The fires in Center Moriches, East Moriches and Eastport have been extinguished, while the fire in Westhampton is 50% contained. The governor's state of emergency is for Suffolk County .

A brush fire started around 1 p.m. in Center Moriches on Saturday, and fires spread to East Moriches, Eastport and Westhampton. The Westhampton fire was the largest of the blazes, measuring 2 ...

LONG ISLAND, N.Y. (WPIX) — The fire danger remains high on Long Island as officials work to quell wind-driven brush fires that broke out Saturday in Suffolk County. Four separate blazes started ...

A family trying to make s’mores at their Manorville home on Saturday morning accidentally caused the brush fire that burned ...

Strong weekend winds helped whip the embers across the east end to East Moriches, ... Smores are believed to be the cause of four major brush fires on Long Island over the weekend. Skip to content.