State of emergency issued as fires sweep through New York's Long Island

NY Launches Arson Probe into Long Island Wildfires

More than 90 different fire departments, EMS agencies and the National Guard battled the flames.

Suspected cause of Long Island wildfires was a resident making s'mores: Police

Andrew Theodorakis/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — 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 Long Island, authorities said Monday. Suffolk County Police Commissioner Kevin Catalina said the “operating theory” is that a fire was started at about 9:30 a.m. ET Saturday when a resident used cardboard to…

Suspected cause of Long Island wildfires was a resident making s'mores

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 Long Island, authorities said Monday. Suffolk County Police Commissioner Kevin Catalina said the “operating theory” is that a fire was started at about 9:30 a.m. ET Saturday when a resident used cardboard to start a fire to make s’mores, a confection t…

Weekend Long Island wildfires sparked by s’mores fire gone wrong, Suffolk police say

Investigators say embers from a backyard fire spread rapidly, fueling blazes that prompted evacuations and an emergency burn ban.

CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Scorched trees seen following brush fires in Long Island

LONG ISLAND, N.Y. (CBS, KYMA/KECY) - Scorched trees were seen in the wake of several brush fires that broke out on Long Island over the weekend, footage from Sunday shows. This footage was captured by Lou Sussan, who said he filmed it in Southampton Sunday morning. "You can see how the fire torched everything in its path," Sussan said. Officials said three of the four fires, which broke out on Saturday, are fully contained, according to a local …