04.04.2024 News Riverhead man crashes in Mattituck causing car, brush fire A motorist from Riverhead charged with driving while intoxicated allegedly swerved off the road in Mattituck, inadvertently igniting a blaze that drew more than 20 firefighters to the scene...
05.05.2020 Police Brush fire in Manorville burns about 50 acres Trucks from about 20 fire departments battled a brush fire in Manorville Tuesday afternoon, according to Manorville Fire Department Chief Chris Lindberg. “It started around 12:15 p.m. and burned...
04.15.2017 Police Riverhead firefighters knock down brush fire off Edwards Avenue Approximately 40 Riverhead firefighters, armed with three brush trucks, knocked down a quick spreading brush fire located behind a home on Edwards Avenue in Baiting Hollow Saturday afternoon.
03.22.2017 Police Firefighters battle brush fire near train tracks in Riverhead More than 12,000 gallons of water was used to extinguish a brush fire Wednesday afternoon near the train tracks off Mill Road in Riverhead, authorities at the scene said.
10.14.2015 Police Helicopter helps guide firefighters toward small brush fire A small brush fire spotted by a hiker off County Road 51 in Northampton sent firefighters searching through the woods Wednesday afternoon to contain it, officials at the scene...
09.05.2015 Police Several fire departments respond to brush fire in Calverton Vince Federico was driving through Calverton with wife and young son on Saturday when they came across a sign for Prestons Pond.
04.27.2015 Police Four fire departments respond to brush fire in Calverton The Brookhaven Town Fire Marshall is investigating the cause of a brush fire that spanned several acres behind the Calverton Shooting Range, according to Kevin Brooks, first assistant chief...
04.14.2015 Police Pine Barrens Commission says it’s addressing firefighter concerns Firefighters in Flanders have been growing increasingly frustrated over the current condition of the woods there, which they say makes it difficult — and dangerous — to respond...