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From One Island To Another: Suffolk County Residents Gather Support For Maui Fire Victims From One Island To Another: Suffolk County Residents Gather Support For Maui Fire Victims
From One Island To Another: Suffolk County Residents Gather Support For Maui Fire Victims Multiple fundraisers set up by Long Islanders are aiming to raise money for loved ones and general aid to the thousands affected by wildfires in Maui. Nearly a week after fires broke out on the island of Maui, and most notably in Lahaina, Long Island residents are doing what they can to help support the thousands of people affected by the tragedy. The death toll from the fires, which broke out on Tuesday, Aug. 8 and spread quickly via the wind and extremely dry conditions, has risen to 96, making it the deadliest US wildfire in over 100 years. Many more are still missing. Those who did…

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by Sophie Grieser
Weather
Air Quality Alert: Widespread Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Lingers Throughout Region Air Quality Alert: Widespread Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Lingers Throughout Region
Air Quality Alert: Widespread Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Lingers Throughout Region An Air Quality Alert is in effect for much of the Northeast as smoke drifting south from more than 400 Canadian wildfires lingers. Air quality levels in outdoor air are predicted to be greater than an Air Quality Index value of 100 for the pollutant of fine particulates, according to the National Weather Service.   "The higher the AQI value, the greater the health concern," said the weather service. More than 8 million acres of land has already burned in what already is Canada's worst wildfire season in history.  That's way above the normal 600,000 acres…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
NYC Resident Accused Of Starting Upstate Wildfire NYC Resident Accused Of Starting Upstate Wildfire
NYC Resident Accused Of Starting Upstate Wildfire A New York City resident allegedly violated the statewide brush burn ban which caused a wildland fire in the region.  On Tuesday, March 22 at 4:15 p.m., state forest rangers responded to an open burn in Sullivan County off Route 209 in the town of Mamakating, said the state Department of Environmental Conservation. A 41-year-old Manhattan resident was burning brush and had left the fire unattended, DEC officials said. Due to high winds and dry conditions, the fire spread to approximately 2.5 acres of land. Westbrookville Fire responded and had the fire under control by 4:45 p.m., the…

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by Kathy Reakes