March 9th, 7:35 AM
The crews fighting the brushfires in and around the pine barrens on the east end of Suffolk County Long Island, NY have made progress. One fire is at 80 percent containment and three other fires are reported to be extinguished. Fire Crews are remain on scene and the hope is to achieve full containment by the end of the day. News 12 Long Island continues to report on these fires, go here for their latest update. Greater Long Island dot com also continues to report on the fires, here is one of their reports featuring some videos uploaded to X formerly known as twitter taken by firefighters working the fire. A state of emergency was declared for Southampton Town in Long Island with New York Governor Kathy Hochul declaring a state of emergency shortly afterwords. National Guard and State Resources, including helicopters are available to help in the fire fighting efforts.
March 9th, 1:20 PM
A report from CBS New York quotes a Westhampton Beach Fire official saying that approximately 600 acres were burned, two commercial building were damaged, no residential buildings were damaged and there are no evacuations in place. Roadways are now open.
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