Backyard s’mores believed to be the origin of Long Island fires, investigators say
Wind-driven brush fires that burned on New York’s Long Island over the weekend, injuring two firefighters and sending large smoke plumes into the air, appear to have been started by people making s’mores in their backyard,
The likely cause of Long Island’s major brush fires? S’mores.
The wildfires that burned through more than 600 acres on Long Island probably originated from a backyard fire in Manorville, Suffolk County, police said.
Long Island fires likely caused by person making backyard s'mores, authorities say
The current "operating theory" is that the fires were sparked accidentally in a backyard near Sunrise Highway, authorities said on Monday.
Long Island brush fires accidentally sparked by people making s'mores, officials say
An attempt to make s'mores accidentally sparked the massive brush fires that impacted the East End of Long Island, Suffolk County police said Monday.
Long Island brush fires caused by family cooking s'mores, Suffolk County officials say
Four separate weekend brush fires in eastern Suffolk County are believed to have been sparked by embers from a family attempting to make s'mores Saturday morning in their Manorville backyard, Police Commissioner Kevin Catalina said Monday.
Long Island brush fires sparked by s'mores bonfire
Investigators have determined that the brush fires that burned more than 400 acres of Long Island’s Pine Barrens over the weekend were caused by a family’s backyard bonfire while making s’mores. Fire officials say early emergency response helped contain the flames before they spread further.
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