Area Firefighters Respond To In 2 Brush Fires In Coram, Medford: Police

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Area Firefighters Respond To In 2 Brush Fires In Coram, Medford: Police The fires continued as a state-wide burn ban remains in effect due to dry conditions.

BROOKHAVEN TOWN, NY — As dry conditions continued on Thursday, local firefighters doused at least two brush fires in Brookhaven Town, Suffolk police said.

The first fire broke out on Route 112, just north of Granny Road in Coram at around 10:38 a.m.

Firefighters contained the fire to around a quarter of an acre, and it took around 90 minutes to extinguish, News 12 reported.

The second one broke out at the intersection of Clusterpine Street and Jamaica Avenue in Medford just before 5 p.m., police said.

Arson did not respond to either fire, according to police.

The New York region has seen a spike in brush fires amid the lack of significant rainfall recently.

This past weekend, firefighters responded to a 14-alarm blaze that was moving quickly toward houses in Medford before it was doused by multiple fire departments, and another large fire also broke out in Baiting Hollow .

A series of at least three fires are being investigated by Suffolk Arson Squad detectives.

A volunteer firefighter has been arrested in connection with a separate wildfire in Medford.

The largest fire to date has been dubbed the Jennings Creek Wildfire on the border of New York and New Jersey where an 18-year-old forest ranger was killed in the firefighting efforts on Saturday.

A state-wide burn ban remains in effect until Nov. 3.