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From the New York Post: Four separate wildfires blanketed Long Island’s East End with heavy smoke Saturday, prompting evacuations and threatening homes in both middle class communities and the wealthy Hamptons.
The situation is “catastrophic,” one resident told The Post.
One fire reportedly started after a car accident on Sunrise Highway, in which a vehicle caught fire and the flames were spread by gusty winds.
Flames and black smoke billowed over County Road 51 in Manorville, where the fire jumped across the highway shortly before 2 p.m. Additional fires were reported in the Pine Barrens and near Francis S. Gabreski Airport in Westhampton, shutting Sunrise Highway in both directions at Exit 58, authorities said. That’s the only access road toward the more exclusive parts of the Hamptons to the east.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Saturday afternoon, “New York State agencies are responding to a brush fire in the Pine Barrens. We are in close communication with local partners on Long Island to coordinate assistance and make sure they have the resources they need to protect their communities.”
New York State agencies are responding to a brush fire in the Pine Barrens.
We are in close communication with local partners on Long Island to coordinate assistance and make sure they have the resources they need to protect their communities.
— Governor Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) March 8, 2025
Two hours later, Hochul added, “I am issuing a State of Emergency as Suffolk County fights brush fires in the Pine Barrens. I have spoken to @ExecEdRomaine and offered any necessary State resources. We have @NationalGuardNY helicopters providing air support, and multiple state agencies are on the ground.”
I am issuing a State of Emergency as Suffolk County fights brush fires in the Pine Barrens. I have spoken to @ExecEdRomaine and offered any necessary State resources.
We have @NationalGuardNY helicopters providing air support, and multiple state agencies are on the ground.
— Governor Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) March 8, 2025
Kevin Smith, host of Loud Majority Live, posted multiple videos and photos on X of the huge inferno.
Breaking🔥🔥🔥
Giant clouds of smoke over Sunrise Highway in Suffolk County New York pic.twitter.com/LzMmyHyoiB
— kevin smith (@kevin_smith45) March 8, 2025
— kevin smith (@kevin_smith45) March 8, 2025
BREAKING FIRE UPDATE🔥🔥🔥
Multiple fires along Sunrise Highway on the East End of Long Island https://t.co/w7A5AQAoBn pic.twitter.com/wI8MGzaHWv
— kevin smith (@kevin_smith45) March 8, 2025
Sent from a friend on the east end pic.twitter.com/0PaYvrcXv0
— kevin smith (@kevin_smith45) March 8, 2025
Long Island Fire Buff posted terrifying footage of a fire in West Hampton:
APPARENTLY WESTHAMPTON HAD A BRUSH FIRE THE SAME TIME AS CENTER MORICHES. THEY ARE STILL ON SCENE WITH A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF MUTUAL AID. EVEN FROM NASSAU COUNTY. THEY HAVE HAD A BUILDING AND HOUSE FIRE AS A RESULT. Location is county rd 31 and sunrise highway pic.twitter.com/qrjghdQqJb
— LI Fire Buff (@LIFireBuff) March 8, 2025
🎥:Notmine pic.twitter.com/0pXpiHSbnw
— LI Fire Buff (@LIFireBuff) March 8, 2025
Huge brush fire Westhampton LI pray it doesn’t spread!!🙏🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/c7nEWiTOqB
— Lois Wahl (@wahl_lois) March 8, 2025
🚨The first of reported, multiple brush fire on Long Island in NY originated near Gabreski Air National Guard Base, Westhampton Beach, N.Y. pic.twitter.com/4sYvwPOTes
— Stock Mom™ (@TheRealStockMom) March 8, 2025
🚨 Reports are now coming in that there are multiple brush fires on the eastern end of Long Island, NY, in The Hamptons. Road closures on RT 27, Sunrise Highway, and Montauk Highway. pic.twitter.com/2S4Pcspt5q
— Stock Mom™ (@TheRealStockMom) March 8, 2025
Helicopters are being used to gather water to help fight the fire.
— LI Fire Buff (@LIFireBuff) March 8, 2025
Smoke from the fire on Long Island could be seen all the way from Connecticut.
Photo of the Long Island Wild Fires from Conneticut
Credit @AprilWaugh2 pic.twitter.com/v9GwW1jKJL
— kevin smith (@kevin_smith45) March 8, 2025
Below is another video posted on Facebook:
Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine said in a press conference that a firefighter was taken to hospital with second degree burns on the face, and two homes had burned.
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