Sheriff's deputies said Youma Bashir, 29, of Utica, was southbound at about 5:30 p.m. when she lost control of her 2019 Ford Escape on the snow-covered Route 8, likely due to high winds. The Ford ... Read More

Fast-moving wildfires fanned by high winds have engulfed New York's Long Island, prompting the closure of a major highway and evacuation of a military base in the ... Read More

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Fast-moving brush fires fanned by high winds burned through a large swath of land on New York's Long Island on Saturday, prompting the evacuation of a military base and the closure of a major highway. Read More

A brush fire is ripping through Long Island, New York. The fire broke out in the Pine Barrens near Westhampton. It is spreading along the Sunrise Highway. Read More

Massive, wind-whipped brush fires are raging across parts of Long Island's Pine Barrens region on Saturday, prompting a large emergency response to control the blazes that led to a local State of ... Read More

In late August to early September of 1995, the wind-whipped Sunrise Fire burned some 5,000 acres of the pine barrens on both sides of Sunrise Highway at Westhampton. Read More

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NEW YORK - Multiple wildfires broke out on New York's Long Island on March 8, amid high-risk fire conditions of low humidity and gusty winds, forcing the closure of sections of a highway in Suffolk ... Read More

Officials from Suffolk County, Southampton Town, Brookhaven Town and New York State held a press conference in Westhampton Beach on Saturday, March 8, to offers updates about efforts to contain brush ... Read More

HUGE wildfires have erupted near the wealthy Hamptons enclave of New York, with thick smoke blacking out the sky. Four separate brush fires burned along Sunrise Highway into the Long Island ... Read More

PARIS, N.Y. -- A serious accident has closed Route 8 in the Town of Paris. The accident happened just after 5:30 at the intersection of Route 8 and Larson Road. Firefighters from Cassville and ... Read More

Dozens of fire departments and the National Guard were working on Saturday to extinguish multiple wildfires scorching the Pine Barrens and spreading for miles along the Sunrise Highway. Read More

Brush fires on New York's Long Island erupted Saturday, forcing evacuations in the Hamptons and shutting down a major highway as thick smoke billowed . Read More

New York - Quick-moving brush fires burned through a large swath of land on New York's Long Island on Saturday, fanned by high winds that spewed thick gray smoke into the sky and prompted the ... Read More

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has declared a state of emergency as brush fires continued to burn along Sunrise Highway toward East End, Long Island, on Saturday. Read More

Brush fires on New York's Long Island have picked up quickly amid high winds. They are spewing thick gray smoke into the sky and have closed a major highway. Gov. Read More

Crews are battling several brush fires on Long Island. Sunrise Highway at Railroad Avenue is shut down in both directions, along with Speonk Riverhead Road, officials say. Read More

Weather forecasters had warned that low humidity and gusty winds would create an '?elevated risk for fire spread.'? ... Read More

Multiple bushfires broke out in The Hamptons on Long Island, New York, prompting authorities to shut down Route 27, Sunrise Highway, and Montauk Highway as firefighters work to contain the blazes. Read More

A brush fire is ripping through Long Island, New York. The fire broke out in the Pine Barrens near Westhampton. It is spreading along the Sunrise Highway. Read More