Firefighters from 18 departments battle large brush fire on LI …
5 days ago · Updated: 8 p.m. — The brush fire on the Baiting Hollow bluff near Friar’s Head golf course and the 4-H camp today burned approximately 20 acres of woodlands, Riverhead Police said in a press release this afternoon. Updated: 10:15 a.m.— The brush fire on the Long Island Sound bluff in Baiting Hollow has been successfully extinguished and all firefighters have been released from the scene.
New York firefighter accused of intentionally setting brush fire on ...
1 day ago · Nov. 13, 2024, 12:23 PM PST. By Minyvonne Burke. A volunteer firefighter on Long Island, New York, was arrested Tuesday after he intentionally started a brush fire, authorities said. Jonathan ...
Long Island officials investigate brush fires after firefighter …
1 day ago · Long Island officials say they’re investigating the cause of several brush fires after a volunteer firefighter was charged with arson for one of them. They allege Jonathan Quiles used burning ...
FDNY asks public to be 'vigilant' as extreme dry conditions persist ...
1 day ago · In making his announcement Wednesday, Tucker said that in the two-week period between Oct. 29 and Nov. 12, the FDNY responded to 229 brush fires citywide — the highest two-week total of reported ...
Suffolk County police: Volunteer firefighter intentionally set a ...
1 day ago · Just Married on Long Island; LIVE BLOG: News 12 weather updates ... Officials said the fire started around 4 a.m. near 271 Southaven Ave. Firefighters were using brush trucks to navigate the ...
Brush fires in Medford add to expanding list of Suffolk blazes
2 days ago · The fires follow nearly two dozen others on Long Island within the past week, most in Suffolk County. On Sunday alone, at least 10 small brush fires were reported across parts of Suffolk, fire ...
Red Flag Warning lifted, threat remains as dry weather to
12 hours ago · Tucker, in a statement, described the recent string of brush fires, which have included several in New York City, on Long Island and statewide, as "historic," and urged residents to be vigilant in ...
Long Island firefighter arrested in Medford brush fire - NBC New …
1 day ago · NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports. A volunteer firefighter on Long Island was arrested Tuesday night after allegedly admitting to setting one of the brush fires that swept through the town of ...
Long Island Firefighter Charged With Arson Said He Put Lit …
1 day ago · A volunteer firefighter on Long Island was arrested after the police said he intentionally set a brush fire. The New York area has contended with numerous fires during an unusually dry fall.
Volunteer firefighter accused of setting brush fire on Long Island
1 day ago · The 20-year-old defendant and volunteer firefighter for the hamlet of Medford on Long Island set a fire in a wooded area at about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Suffolk County Police Department said in a news release. The fire damaged a car that was parked nearby, police said. The defendant was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on charges of arson ...
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