Massive, wind-whipped brush fires are raging across parts of Long Island's Pine Barrens region on Saturday, prompting a large emergency response to control the blazes that led to a local State of Emergency in the town of Southampton in Suffolk County.

Multiple brush fires were reported in Long Island’s Suffolk County on Saturday afternoon as giant smoke plumes shot up into the air, visible to people from miles away. In fact, the National Weather Service shared radar images of the smoke visible just before 3 p.

Multiple brush fires have been reported on Long Island, according to a spokesperson for the Southhampton Town Police Department. Due to the fire, officials said Sunrise Highway east of exit 62 is closed,