March 8th, 5:15 PM
Direct link to video from News12 on Youtube.
Long Island, New York; Westchester County, New York; and northeastern New Jersey are also seeing extreme fire danger today, March 8th, go here for a report from the NWS in New York, New York; they also shared a satellite image of the smoke plume. A good friend of mine who lives in eastern Suffolk County on the east end of Long Island, New York sent me a text letting me know about brushfires in eastern Suffolk County. We talked on the phone and she suggested that I look at News12, which has an outlet covering Long Island, go here for News 12 Long Island. I found the video that I shared with you on YouTube. News 12 Long Island reported on these wildfires at about 2:30 PM on March 8th. Blackhawk helicopters are working these brushfires and the Sunrise Highway, a major highway in the area is closed in some areas near the brushfires. In addition, Greater Long Island dot com is also reporting on these fires, there article may be found here.
March 8th, 7:35 PM
News 12 Long Island continues to report on this fire, according to their latest report one firefighter was injured with second degree burns to the face and two structures have burned. Eighty fire departments that have responded. Helicopters continue to work the fire. At its largest the fire was two miles long and two and a half miles wide. The fire started at about 1 PM. Their latest updated report may be found here.
The following video is a press conference on the fire with Suffolk County officials
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