Rudy Sunderman, the commissioner of the Suffolk FRES, talks about the firefighting efforts that kept the wildfires from being ...

Fire officials say there are no more visible flames from the eastern Long Island fires. The Westhampton Beach Fire Department and Suffolk Fire Rescue Emergency Services told News 12 that four ...

The massive brush fire that impacted the East End of Long Island is no longer burning in Westhampton, but Forest Rangers worked all day on Sunday to contain the perimeter and check for hot spots.

“I’m too busy fighting fire,” he recalled Saturday. Frano, a 50-year member of the Westhampton Beach Fire Department, manned the passenger seat of the department’s brush truck, part of a ...

Towns and communities in Long Island, New York, were on alert Saturday after brush fires spewed thick smoke into the air. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency in Suffolk County as ...

A state of emergency has been declared in New York with residents forced to flee the Hamptons after several wildfires set parts of Long Island ablaze. Flames erupted along Sunrise Highway near ...

A hearty thanks to all who ensured that Suffolk sidestepped what could have been a repeat of the Sunrise Fire of 1995. But the threat isn’t over. While the ground still smolders and first ...

Strong winds over the weekend whipped through the backyard and carried embers from the fire east toward Westhampton, where a large fire occurred, according to NBC News. Suffolk County Executive Ed ...