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,

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Sunday announced an immediate "burn ban" for all of Long Island and New York City, and for parts of the Hudson Valley. The ban prohibits igniting any outdoor fires to remove brush or debris, as well any uncontained campfires or open fires for cooking.

A botched attempt to make backyard s'mores caused wildfires that burned hundreds of acres on New York's Long Island, area officials said Monday.

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.

Authorities say a series of brush fires that tore through the East End of Long Island over the weekend can now be traced back to one local backyard, where a family's attempt to make Saturday morning s'mores apparently went awry.

Over 80 volunteer fire departments from across the country battled the fire and managed to contain it within 24 hours.