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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 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 fire: Residents making s'mores in backyard likely caused New York fires, officials say
Law enforcement agencies are still interviewing all 911 callers to rule out any possibilities, but they "strongly feel that it was accidental."
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.
Bungled Attempt To Make Backyard S'mores Likely Caused Wildfires On Long Island, NY Officials Say; Blazes Near The Hamptons Fully Contained
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 said the fires had been fully extinguished after a volatile start to the weekend,
What caused the Long Island brush fires? Someone cooking s’mores for breakfast may have been responsible; here's how
Suffolk County Police Commissioner Kevin Catalina said that detectives traced the cause of the brush fires to a home in Manorville.
Cause of brush fires on Long Island revealed
Fire officials in Suffolk County say that a s'mores-making incident this past weekend caused some of the worst brush fires Long Island has seen in three decades.

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