Multiple brush fires were reported in Long Island’s Suffolk County on Saturday afternoon as giant smoke plumes shot up into the air, visible to people from miles away. In fact, the National Weather Service shared radar images of the smoke visible just before 3 p.

Firefighters in New York have knocked down a dwindling brush fire in a wooded stretch of Long Island but officials say high wind gusts could leave the region vulnerable to additional blazes

Firefighters in New York were continuing to battle at least one brush fire in a wooded stretch of Long Island on Sunday as officials warned that high wind gusts would leave the region vulnerable to additional blazes.