New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency Saturday afternoon as dozens of fire departments responded to Long Island’s Pine Barrens to gain control of massive brush fires fueled by strong winds.

Dozens of fire departments and the National Guard were working on Saturday to extinguish multiple wildfires scorching the Pine Barrens and spreading for miles along the Sunrise Highway.

Wind-driven brush fires that burned on New York’s Long Island over the weekend, injuring two firefighters and sending large smoke plumes into the air, appear to have been started by people making s’mores in their backyard,

The wildfires began accidentally when someone in Suffolk County tried to light a fire to make s’mores, officials said. They were fully contained by Monday.

The cause of the wildfires that swept through part of Long Island, New York, over the weekend is believed to have been a resident making s'mores, police said.