Manorville brush fire nearly contained, chief says
Fire personnel at Manorville Hills County Park on County Road 111 in Manorville where a command post was setup as they battled a brush fire deep in the woods on Sunday, July 7, 2019. It was reportedly 10 acres of woods burning. Credit: James Carbone
Volunteers from more than a dozen local fire departments were battling a brush fire in Manorville Sunday afternoon.
Officials temporarily closed northbound County Road 111 at Route 27 Sunday afternoon after the fire erupted. The road is a heavily used link between eastern Route 27 and the Long Island Expressway, particularly on Sunday evenings following a summer holiday weekends.
A Suffolk County Police Department helicopter was requested shortly after 2 p.m. to survey the fire’s direction, according to police.
Manorville Fire Department Chief Chris Lindberg said responders were "nearing containment" when he left the scene about 4:30 p.m.
No other details were immediately available.
Vera Chinese joined Newsday in 2017 after working as an editor for the East End lifestyle publication northforker and a general assignment reporter for the New York Daily News.
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