SAINT JAMES, NY — A Town of Smithtown park ranger was injured in the line ... the town stated. The Suffolk County Police Department additionally charged Babigian with second-degree assault ...

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation forest rangers, New York State police, Suffolk County police, Suffolk County park rangers, the Eastport Fire Department, Manorville Fire ...

New York City, the Lower Hudson Valley and Long Island are now under a burn ban through March 16 as crews battle fires in Suffolk County.

Fires are tied to the history of the pine barrens, now at 105,000 acres, down from what experts believe at one time was a quarter of a million acres.