Firefighters Contain Westhampton Fire

Firefighters on Sunday doused the last hot spots from a forest fire that had threatened expensive resort communities.

The Forest Service said the fire was completely contained by late afternoon.

Several hundred firefighters remained on the job on eastern Long Island to track down and extinguish smoldering embers. An occasional pocket of flame sent smoking rising into the air.

“You have to make sure everything’s out, bit by bit,” said Pat Ebarb, an assistant director for the Department of Agriculture. “It’s not very glamorous, but it has to be done.”

The breeze was light, down from gusts of more than 20 mph that drove the flames through pine forest on Thursday and Friday. But no rain was expected until at least Friday.