Arson investigation underway, Suffolk executive's office says

The Suffolk County Police Department's arson squad is investigating the brush fires, according to Michael Martino, a spokesman for County Executive Edward P. Romaine.

Brookhaven Town Supervisor Dan Panico said the Eastport Fire Department had been deployed Sunday morning to suppress a small brush fire along Sunrise Highway that was probably caused by "hot embers that reignited."

But he said the Suffolk County Office of Emergency Management reported to him that as of Sunday morning at about 8:30 a.m., there were "no visible flames."