Controlled fires could start in the coming days in five state forests in the Long Island pine barrens from Rocky Point to Westhampton, state environmental officials said. During a burn season that ...

The wildfires that erupted in eastern Suffolk County last weekend spread through more than 400 acres of woodlands before they were extinguished. But in spite of the alarming billows of smoke, the ...

Officials with the Pine Barrens Commission warn the threat of brush fires in the protected forests of Suffolk County has increased with the lack of rain and unusually dry conditions. The National ...

Massive brush fires continue to burn in Long Island’s Pine Barrens, officials investigating potential arson, ABC 7 New York reports. Officials are probing the possibility of arson in connection to a ...

Firefighters have gained control over much of the Pine Barrens wildfires that scorched hundreds of acres along Sunrise Highway this weekend, but officials remain on alert as winds continue to pose a ...

Spring is fire season. Dry air, dead leaves from previous years and warm days make fires easy to start and, unfortunately, easy to spread. The New Jersey and Long Island Pine Barrens are among the ...

After two investigations following commercial and residential dumping incidents in the pine barrens, authorities announced the arrest of two individuals. Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon, Jr., said ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency Saturday as dozens of fire departments and the National Guard worked to extinguish multiple wildfires that broke out on the South Shore of Long Island, ...

A Long Island construction bigwig is facing up to seven years behind bars for dumping loads of concrete into Suffolk County’s fire-ravaged pine barrens using a truck with a laundry list of safety ...

MANORVILLE, N.Y.-- The Pine Barrens of Long Island span across more than 100,000 acres -- a treasure that sits atop the island's sole source of drinking water. But more and more people are trying to ...