The fires — in Center Moriches, East Moriches, Eastport and Westhampton — blanketed part’s of Long Island’s East End shortly after 1 p.m., filling the sky with thick black smoke ...

Wind-driven brush fires that burned on New York’s Long Island over the weekend, injuring two firefighters and sending large smoke plumes into the air, appear to have been started by people ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) declared a state of emergency as quick-moving brush fires burned through a large swath of land on Long Island on March 8. (Video: The Washington Post) Almost 80 fire ...