Brush fire reaches 19 acres in Brookhaven State Park
A brush fire in the Brookhaven State Park located off the William Floyd Parkway and Whiskey Road consumed an estimated 18 acres and required the response of at least ten additional fire department and ambulance companies. The fire took about two hours to be placed until control with an estimated two more hours for mop up of hot spots. Credit: LiHotShots/©LiHotShots
Multiple police and fire department units were responding Tuesday afternoon to a 19-acre brush fire inside Brookhaven State Park in Ridge, state and local authorities said.
The fire was reported shortly after 4:30 p.m. near William Floyd Parkway and Whiskey Road, Suffolk police said.
State Parks police are on the scene, said spokesman George Gorman.
The Ridge Fire Department, which is the lead agency on the scene, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
All roads around the fire scene have been reopened, authorities said.
Robert Brodsky is a breaking news reporter who has worked at Newsday since 2011. He is a Queens College and American University alum.
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