(Steve Pfost/Newsday via AP) The Long Island brush fires that startled communities across Suffolk County over the weekend were likely caused by a person attempting to cook s’mores in their ...

The Long Island brush fires that startled communities across Suffolk County over the weekend were likely caused by a person attempting to cook s’mores in their backyard, officials said Monday.

Four separate wildfires on New York's Long Island were started due to someone making s'mores in the yard at 9:30 a.m., police say. "All of those fires are in a direct line with the strong ...

Several major brush fires that spread through parts of Long Island over the weekend, prompting highway closures and evacuations from a nearby military base, are believed to have been accidentally ...

SUFFOLK COUNTY, Long Island -- Brush fires that burned hundreds of acres on Long Island over the weekend are under control and officials believe they now know how they started. More than 90 fire ...

A New York resident making s'mores in their backyard is suspected of accidentally igniting a series of wildfires over the ...

The SCPD are looking into a homeowner who was trying to make s'mores, FOX 5 NY has learned. The fires, which appeared to be fueled by a combination of low humidity and gusty winds, broke out on ...

Officials said Monday that the fires were sparked accidentally, after people in a backyard on N Cozine Road were attempting to make s'mores Saturday morning. The people starting a fire tried to ...

A botched attempt to make backyard s’mores caused wildfires that burned hundreds of acres on the eastern end of New York’s Long Island, area officials said Monday. Suffolk County authorities ...