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

364 upvotes, 46 top-level comments (showing 25)

Comments

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

262 upvotes, 2 direct replies

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

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

123 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

127 upvotes, 1 direct replies

seems very long island....

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

53 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

24 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

70 upvotes, 1 direct replies

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

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

48 upvotes, 1 direct replies

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

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

26 upvotes, 1 direct replies

It’s always someone

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

22 upvotes, 1 direct replies

White van drivers vindicated again.

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

15 upvotes, 1 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 FatXThor34 at 10/03/2025 at 18:02 UTC

8 upvotes, 1 direct replies

No more ‘smores.

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

7 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Who does this on a WINDY DAY?!?

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

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

11 upvotes, 0 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 rlsten at 10/03/2025 at 21:49 UTC

4 upvotes, 0 direct replies

High winds, starting a fire, and cooking s'mores at 9 in the morning. What is wrong with this country

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

4 upvotes, 1 direct replies

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

17 upvotes, 2 direct replies

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

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

7 upvotes, 1 direct replies

All the smart city conspiracy theorists just fell to their knees

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

3 upvotes, 1 direct replies

S’more of what?

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Comment by Adventurous-Depth984 at 10/03/2025 at 21:59 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

It was the sinister white van, sitting on the passenger seat was hunter Biden’s overheating laptop! Curse youuuuuuu!!

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

22 upvotes, 3 direct replies

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

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

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

8 upvotes, 0 direct replies

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

6 upvotes, 0 direct replies

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