BREAKING: Long Island Brush Fire Caused by Family Cooking S’mores, according to Suffolk County officials.

https://www.reddit.com/r/longisland/comments/1j845rc/breaking_long_island_brush_fire_caused_by_family/

created by Professional_Ideal68 on 10/03/2025 at 17:28 UTC

270 upvotes, 40 top-level comments (showing 25)

Comments

Comment by Slipperee_99 at 10/03/2025 at 18:12 UTC

165 upvotes, 2 direct replies

There’s gotta be S’more to this story 🤪

Comment by gilgobeachslayer at 10/03/2025 at 17:42 UTC

97 upvotes, 5 direct replies

What happened to all the people spreading the story about the white van? Lmao

Comment by Subject-Ad-8055 at 10/03/2025 at 17:40 UTC

109 upvotes, 0 direct replies

seems very long island....

Comment by TableAvailable at 10/03/2025 at 19:01 UTC

21 upvotes, 1 direct replies

All the FB armchair infectious disease specialists are also now experts in firematics and weather. And they all claim it was the sinister white van.

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Comment by jpr281 at 10/03/2025 at 18:02 UTC

18 upvotes, 1 direct replies

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/long-island/brush-fire-cause-smores-east-moriches-eastport-westhampton/6178965/

Comment by Jenn31709 at 10/03/2025 at 17:29 UTC

59 upvotes, 1 direct replies

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Same post... same reaction GIF

Comment by PAUL_STARZ at 10/03/2025 at 18:00 UTC

25 upvotes, 1 direct replies

It’s always someone

Comment by redvioletbrown at 10/03/2025 at 17:34 UTC

40 upvotes, 2 direct replies

As I said, speaking as someone who now lives in LA and thus knows, raking the forests obviously prevents all fires.

Comment by zpoon at 10/03/2025 at 18:01 UTC

17 upvotes, 1 direct replies

White van drivers vindicated again.

Comment by Legitimate-Cupcake26 at 10/03/2025 at 18:07 UTC

41 upvotes, 0 direct replies

That' impossible- everyone on Nextdoor told me it was from illegals living in the woods

Comment by TROGDOR_X69 at 10/03/2025 at 17:34 UTC

11 upvotes, 0 direct replies

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Comment by FatXThor34 at 10/03/2025 at 18:02 UTC

5 upvotes, 0 direct replies

No more ‘smores.

Comment by [deleted] at 10/03/2025 at 17:33 UTC*

4 upvotes, 1 direct replies

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Comment by Quedat at 10/03/2025 at 19:04 UTC

5 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Seen in the area

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Comment by Traditional_Bee_1667 at 10/03/2025 at 19:29 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Who does this on a WINDY DAY?!?

They want it and everyone else’s well being be damned!

Comment by daisysharper at 10/03/2025 at 18:17 UTC

12 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Long Islanders first position is always: it was the illegals!

Comment by Heisenburg7 at 10/03/2025 at 18:08 UTC

8 upvotes, 1 direct replies

All the smart city conspiracy theorists just fell to their knees

Comment by GoRangers5 at 10/03/2025 at 17:35 UTC

20 upvotes, 3 direct replies

What kind of galaxy brain makes s’mores in March?

Comment by [deleted] at 10/03/2025 at 17:41 UTC

7 upvotes, 0 direct replies

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Comment by ChewzaName at 10/03/2025 at 20:01 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

My Patch news story said the "family was making smores at 9:00am" and I was like smores are good but AINT NOBODY MAKING A FIRE AND HAVIN SMORES AT 9 AM

Comment by Inch_High at 10/03/2025 at 18:51 UTC

8 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Ahh good, Reddit can be sufficiently incensed enough that it was a "Long Island Family" and not...

...the brown people.

Comment by Meykel at 10/03/2025 at 18:47 UTC

5 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Quick someone let the idiots on X know it wasn't the Democrats, or smart city initiatives, or DEI.

Comment by BlueHours at 10/03/2025 at 18:33 UTC

2 upvotes, 1 direct replies

S’more of what?

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Comment by BallsbridgeBollocks at 10/03/2025 at 18:02 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Just received a “Breaking News Alert” email from Newsday that claimed the same thing, yet the link to the long and poorly written story says nothing about it. Go figure.

Comment by WaySavvyD at 10/03/2025 at 18:33 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I have a conspiracy theory told to me by some random bear, "only YOU can prevent forest fires."