Firefighters Knock Down Wind-Driven Brush Fire on Long Island but Risk Remains With High Winds NEW YORK (AP) — Firefighters ...

NEW YORK — Wildfires blazed Saturday afternoon in the Hamptons as strong winds and dry conditions kept one fire burning, Long Island officials said. Four fires had burned in an area that was ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency in Suffolk County as the fires raged on -- with gusty conditions expected to last through Sunday evening. The first fire started at about 1 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Police in New York City are searching for a suspect they say set a man on fire in Times Square shortly before 4 a.m. Sunday morning near West 41st Street and 7th Avenue. Officers ...

"Our biggest problem is the wind," Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine said. "It is driving this fire." New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency and said state agencies were ...

The last of four blazes that began in Suffolk County on Saturday has been put out, but Long Island and the Hudson Valley still faced a high fire risk on Sunday, officials said. By Chelsia Rose ...

Brush fires have erupted in Long Island and near Brooklyn as strong winds in New York created an elevated fire risk Saturday, according to the National Weather Service. A special weather statement ...

NEW YORK — Fast-moving brush fires fanned by high ... Officials said three of the four fires were fully contained, with the fire in Westhampton 50% contained. Two commercial buildings were ...

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 ...