“Fire Island” trended on Twitter Sunday afternoon after dozens of photos and videos showing packed “COVID parties” at the gay Long Island resort destination of Fire Island Pines went viral, drawing the ire of some on social media.
PIX11 reports that Suffolk County police were called to the beach in Fire Island Pines, a hamlet on the barrier island, twice on Saturday for reports of large groups of people not social distancing or wearing masks, a department spokesperson told the local station on Sunday.
A photo of one of those incidents posted on Instagram shows hundreds of people standing closely together without masks. One party attendee, identified as Giancarlo Albanese, posted a photo of a packed gathering and wrote: “F**k Your mask.