LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – The Manorville Fire 2012 evacuation map for Suffolk County was issued by Long Island fire officials moments ago. The Long Island brush fires and specifically the Manorville Brush fire are expanding today April 9, 2012. While some news reports are differentiating each Suffolk County fire individually today, Suffolk Fire officials are referencing it as one effort.

At 5 pm local time today, one report noted a fire at Brookhaven National Laboratory and another near Ridge. Another in turn reported three separate fires at Ridge, Manorville and Riverhead. But nine minutes ago, Suffolk County Fire Rescue and Emergency Services issued the following fire evacuation map HERE to local news and residents for the Manorville Brush Fire.

Officials told news that “The Riverhead Police Department has ordered a mandatory evacuation of the below area pictured above. The Red Cross has opened a Shelter at Riverhead Senior Center 60 Shade Tree Lane”  SCF told news.

NYAlert.Org and the NY State Department of Transportation issued a news statement at late today about road closures. The statement read “NY 25 EW from C.R. 46 to Wading River Road, brush fire, all lanes closed at 5:32 PM for est 6 hours, Suff. Co,NY.”

Officials at the Brookhaven National Lab Property report that no structures were damaged after the fire erupted. The blaze commenced at roughly 2:30 pm today; the cause of the fire remains under investigation. The Laboratory’s Sewage Treatment Plant is under evacuations.

Sections of Calverton are under mandatory evacuation. Residents are being routed to the Red Cross shelter at 200 Howell Avenue, officials tell news. Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone tells new that this is the worse fire in the region since 1990s.

A red flag warning remains in place tonight by the National Weather Service. For updates on the fire click HERE. For more about road closures, click HERE. And for the fire evacuation map, click HERE.

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ST LOUIS (LALATE) – A late night update of the Lower North Fork Fire showed progress in the fight against the Colorado wildfires 2012. The Lower North Fork Fire was updated minutes after midnight by Jefferson County Sheriff officials. The news update followed a 4 pm briefing that the fire was now at fifteen percent containment.

Lower North Fork Fire officials will next hold a news update at 7 am local time today. But last night, their latest fire map was released (see below). In comparison to previous fire maps created by local news, the below map is created officially by Jefferson County.

At 4:30 pm yesterday, officials confirmed the Lower North Fork Fire was at fifteen percent containment. As of that news briefing, 4140 acres had burned. Twenty seven homes have been destroyed. Some residents will return their homes today as well. For more click HERE.

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ST LOUIS (LALATE) – The Lower North Fork Fire 2012 (fire map below) has now prompted a “prescribed fires” investigation. Did prescribed fires by the Colorado State Forest Service cause the Lower North Fork Fire? That is the issue which investigators are now trying to determine. On Wednesday, officials confirmed to news that the fire reached fifteen percent containment. But the Lower North Fork Fire update this afternoon revealed new controversy about a possible cause for the Colorado wildfire. In a news statement being described locally as an “apology”, the Colorado State Forest Service detailed why a prescribed fire may have been the cause of this horrific disaster.

Local news is calling the statement an apology, especially because of Duda’s remarks “we are sorry”. “Prescribed fires are a well established tool in this effort, with many measures in place to make this tool as safe as possible. This is heartbreaking, and we are sorry: despite the best efforts of the Colorado State Forest Service to prevent this very kind of tragic wildfire, we now join Colorado in hoping for the safety of those fighting a large fire, and mourning the loss of life and property.” For more, click HERE.

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ST LOUIS (LALATE) – The Lower North Fork fire map expanded dramatically this week as the Colorado wildfire spread. The Lower North Fork Fire map was updated by officials last night as the fire has now taken the lives of two individuals, destroyed twenty-eight homes, and burned four-thousand five hundred acres. In a news briefing, fire officials confirm that the blaze is still at zero percent containment.

Earlier this morning, Jefferson County Sheriff officials held a media update at Conifer High School Parking Lot. But the news is still not good. While officials tell news that the “conditions on the fireline overnight were relatively stable”, there is still no progress on containment.

At 8 pm local time last night, the news seemed promising. Officials told local news that, during Tuesday’s fight, the Lower North Fork Fire did not advance. The fire zone, however had reached four thousand five hundred acres. Additional structures began to be destroyed.

Six thousand five hundred homes are currently evacuated. New evacuations for March 28, 2012 are in City View, Hilldale Pines, Deer Creek Mesa, White Deer Valley, Homewood Park, Murphy Gulch, S. Deer Creek Canyon Rd., Jennings Rd., and Watson Gulch. All previous evacuations remain in place.

The death toll rose to two individuals yesterday. While one woman is missing, Sam Lamar Lucas, 77, and his wife Linda M. Lucas, 76, were found dead. For more, click HERE.

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ST LOUIS (LALATE) – The Lower North Fork Fire map 2012 reveals concerns as the Colorado wildfires continue to spread southwest of Denver. The Lower North Fork Fire in Jefferson County, Colorado today has resulted in no containment, one death, and mandatory evacuations in sections of Aspen Park near Conifer.

As of Tuesday morning, there is no change in the fight against the Lower North Fork Fire. Officials tell news that the fire began in the region between U.S. 285 and South Foxton Road. During the night, The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office revealed to news that one person died during the fire’s spread.

Officials will hold a press briefing this morning. But last night, winds grew to 20 MPH – 30 MPH and were “blowing in all directions” officials told news. Structural damage was widespread with homes destroyed on Kuester Road.

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