Massive brush fires continue to burn in Long Island’s Pine Barrens, officials investigating ... with the largest one now 80% contained. The fire has already burned more than 600 acres, the ...

The fires evoked memories of the 1995 Sunrise Fire that burned through more than 5,000 acres of the Pine Barrens nature preserve and forced hundreds from their homes, according to the Long Island ...

In 1862, according to the Pine Barrens Society, a fire raged from Smithtown to Southampton. Long Island brush fires in late April 1989 extended from the pine barrens in Deer Park to Riverhead.

Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency Saturday afternoon as dozens of fire departments responded to Long Island's Pine Barrens to gain control of massive brush fires fueled by strong winds.