New York firefighters are responding to large-scale brush wildfires in Long Island’s Pine Barrens, about 80 miles east of Manhattan as videos across social media showed thick plums of gray smoke above roads and highways.
The flames, which started around 1 p.m. on Saturday, prompted evacuations of a military base and forced officials to close eastbound parts of the Sunrise Highway, a road leading to the Hamptons, known for its affluent seaside. Officials believe separate fires ignited along a seven-mile stretch of the highway surrounding Eastport and Westhampton.
