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Brush Fire Along Sunrise Highway on Monday Could Have Been a 'Very Different Story,' Firefighters Say

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Firefighters from the East Quogue and Hampton Bays fire departments battled a brush fire that broke out on the side of Sunrise Highway on Monday evening. Despite high winds and dry conditions they departments were able to contain and extinguish the fire.
A brush fire broke out on the side of Sunrise Highway on Monday evening and spread quickly in high winds and dry conditions.
Firefighters from the East Quogue and Hampton Bays fire departments battled a brush fire that broke out on the side of Sunrise Highway on Monday evening. Despite high winds and dry conditions they departments were able to contain and extinguish the fire.
Firefighters from the East Quogue and Hampton Bays fire departments battled a brush fire that broke out on the side of Sunrise Highway on Monday evening. Despite high winds and dry conditions they departments were able to contain and extinguish the fire.

Firefighters from the East Quogue and Hampton Bays fire departments battled a brush fire that broke out on the side of Sunrise Highway on Monday evening. Despite high winds and dry conditions they departments were able to contain and extinguish the fire.

A brush fire broke out on the side of Sunrise Highway on Monday evening and spread quickly in high winds and dry conditions.

Firefighters from the East Quogue Fire Department and the Hampton Bays Fire Department were able to snuff out a rapidly spreading brush fire that ignited along the side of Sunrise... more

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Brush Fire Along Sunrise Highway on Monday Could Have Been a 'Very Different Story,' Firefighters Say

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