WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. — A brush fire on New York’s Long Island that has burned 400 acres and prompted a response from 80 fire departments and 600 personnel is now 80% contained, according ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency and said state agencies were responding to the fires around the Pine Barrens, ...

COURTESY NEW YORK AIR NATIONAL GUARD Over 90 fire departments and emergency services agencies battle a wildfire on Saturday in Westhampton Beach. COURTESY WESTHAMPTON BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT Over 90 ...

Law enforcement agencies are still interviewing all 911 callers to rule out any possibilities, but they "strongly feel that ...

The Westhampton brush fire that burned 400 acres of dry woodland ... announced an immediate "burn ban" for all of Long Island, New York City, and parts of the Hudson Valley.

Courtesy Westhampton Beach Fire Department Hochul said the New York National Guard deployed multiple Black Hawk helicopters equipped with 660-gallon buckets of water to dump on the flames.

prompting the New York governor to declare a state of emergency, was extinguished by Sunday morning, according to local and state officials. The fire, in the Westhampton area, was the largest of ...

"It is driving this fire." New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared ... "We're seeing people having to be evacuated from the Westhampton area," she said, adding that more evacuations may be needed.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state ... each of the locations had been extinguished except for the fire in Westhampton. The last fire standing was roughly 50% contained, officials said.