Brush fires have erupted in Long Island and near Brooklyn as strong winds in New York created an elevated risk of fire spread Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.

Fast-moving brush fires fanned by high winds burned through a large swath of land on New York's Long Island on Saturday, spewing thick gray smoke into the sky and prompting the evacuation of a military base and the closure of a major highway.

Around 1 p.m., multiple wildfires broke out near Westhampton along a New York highway, Southhampton Town Supervisor Maria Moore said in a state of emergency declaration. The fires closed a portion of the Sunrise Highway and a service road,

Firefighters are working to contain a series of brush fires that swept through New York’s Long Island. High winds caused the fires to jump quickly and send smoke billowing for miles as New York’s Gov.