Huge fire out east

https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1j6pwwv

created by deaniebeanz on 08/03/2025 at 20:17 UTC

421 upvotes, 22 top-level comments (showing 22)

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Comment by Dry-Health9960 at 09/03/2025 at 00:33 UTC

36 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Fire grew fast. Gabreski Airport evacuated. Area partially evacuated around 2pm.

Some borders of the fire are controlled.

It was pretty big pretty fast

Comment by Gotham-ish at 09/03/2025 at 01:16 UTC

44 upvotes, 3 direct replies

Billy Joel didn’t start it.

Comment by Hellz_Bells_ at 08/03/2025 at 22:05 UTC

79 upvotes, 2 direct replies

A lot of trees were dead there plus the wind not good. My heart breaks for nature and wildlife, between things like this, the huge lakes being destroyed during the storms and people just cutting down trees on their properties left and right it feels like a depressing time. No one cares enough to restore or regenerate or preserve and protect. It hurts to watch.

Comment by nhorvath at 09/03/2025 at 09:42 UTC

9 upvotes, 3 direct replies

fires out in the pine barrens are a normal part of the forest cycle there. it's been a long time since there was a significant one... 20+ years so people have forgotten. the pines have fire adapted cones fire wipes out the competition and they regrow.

Comment by BoS_Vlad at 08/03/2025 at 20:19 UTC

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Multiple brush fires

Comment by Dry-Health9960 at 09/03/2025 at 00:34 UTC

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https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:2025-03-08%3B@-72.65,40.84,12.87z

Comment by tomkaczynski at 09/03/2025 at 10:11 UTC

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The prodigy did it that what is being said anyway

Comment by CraftyAuntDee at 09/03/2025 at 16:34 UTC

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Is the fire still burning? I work out east on Mondays wondering if I'll have to change my route

Comment by Sufficient_Pen_6923 at 08/03/2025 at 22:21 UTC

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Get out those thoughts & prayers

Comment by RecoverOutrageous414 at 08/03/2025 at 21:34 UTC

3 upvotes, 1 direct replies

What town where is this

Comment by RecoverOutrageous414 at 09/03/2025 at 04:58 UTC

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High winds could have been a car with bad catalytic converter . Happens a lot in Utah

Comment by Quirky-Ad-598 at 09/03/2025 at 13:19 UTC

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That fire was bad yesterday

Comment by kathrynrachelm at 09/03/2025 at 17:58 UTC

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I’m originally from LI lived in the pine barrens. I now live in Colorado. Fires happen here all the time, half the time they’re doing prescribed burning to prevent wildfires. Long Island could definitely benefit from something like that as the climate changes, to prevent something like this from happening again, although since the fire did happen, it’ll probably be okay for the next decade or so with a ton of new growth

Comment by jenniferlynn122 at 09/03/2025 at 20:46 UTC

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Is it out yet?

Comment by Sunjet- at 09/03/2025 at 02:52 UTC

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This is a normal part of forest ecology.

Comment by CanPositive5921 at 09/03/2025 at 16:07 UTC

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Any updates

Comment by JustANormalCoolGuy at 09/03/2025 at 17:59 UTC

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Normal part of a forest ecosystem.