Suffolk County Wildfire 2012 Archives

12.30.2012 News

2012 Top Story No. 2: Wildfire rips through the Pine Barrens

The largest Long Island wildfire in over a decade burned more than 1,000 acres of forest and property from Ridge to Calverton — with other, smaller fires breaking out...

04.20.2012 News

Local officials, environmentalists suggest ways to help firefighters battle brush fires

Suffolk County Legislator Ed Romaine (R-Center Moriches) said Wednesday that he believes the county should drill fire suppression wells in the Pine Barrens to help firefighters battle brush fires....

04.13.2012 News

Picking up the pieces in the aftermath of the Wildfire of 2012

George Moretti couldn’t understand it. A few yards from his burned Manorville home, one of his vegetable gardens sat untouched. The roof of his gazebo in the backyard had...

04.12.2012 News

VIDEO: County, Towns announce ‘firefighter appreciation festival’

Suffolk County and all the towns in Suffolk announced plans to host a “firefighter appreciation festival” to honor all the volunteers who helped extinguish this week’s wildfires in Ridge...

04.12.2012 News

Local horse community banded together during wildfire

“I went in there and it was chaos,” said “Big John” Savastano of Manorville, describing the scene at the Annie’s Acres horse stable on Wading River Manor Road as...

04.10.2012 News

Fire officials: Manorville wildfire has been extinguished

The Brookhaven brushfire that claimed more than 1,000 acres and nine properties over the past 24-plus hours has been extinguished, Manorville firefighters confirmed Tuesday night. Local fire departments were...

04.10.2012 News

Social media feeds were abuzz as residents talked about Manorville wildfire

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04.10.2012 News

Photos: Manorville residents return home to damages from wildfire

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2012 Top Story No. 2: Wildfire rips through the Pine Barrens

Local officials, environmentalists suggest ways to help firefighters battle brush fires

Picking up the pieces in the aftermath of the Wildfire of 2012

VIDEO: County, Towns announce ‘firefighter appreciation festival’

Local horse community banded together during wildfire

Fire officials: Manorville wildfire has been extinguished

Social media feeds were abuzz as residents talked about Manorville wildfire

Photos: Manorville residents return home to damages from wildfire