PHOTOS: Long Island Battles Brush Fires

Brush fires burn in Manorville, Long Island, Monday

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PHOTOS: Long Island Battles Brush Fires

Authorities said the fires that erupted in Long Island on April 9 were the worst in Suffolk County since the 1995 wildfires. They raged across nearly 1,000 acres, destroying homes, injuring firefighters and forcing evacuations.

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