Firefighters in New York said a successful voluntary evacuation that remains in place Sunday helped them protect about 165 homes overnight from a wildfire.

A drought in the northeast United States, combined with high winds, is creating record-breaking numbers of wildfires with dangerous smoke conditions in the New York metropolitan area and beyond.

New York City on Monday issued its first drought warning in 22 years after months of little rain — and will restart the flow ...

The funeral for Dariel Vasquez, the 18-year-old New York State Parks aide who died fighting the Jennings Creek wildfire, was ...

A firefighter from the Albany Pine Bush fire station is sharing his experience fighting the large wildfire near the New York-New Jersey border. Tyler Briggs said he worked closely with DEC forest ...

It’s been a long week for crews as they continue to fight the Jennings Creek wildfire located primarily in Sterling Forest State Park. The New York Air National Guard has been conducting bucket drops ...

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Another wildfire is burning through a wooded area in New Jersey, officials said on Monday. The blaze is burning in a forest near Pine Park and the Lakewood Country Club in Lakewood, the New Jersey ...

LAKEWOOD, N.J. - The New Jersey Forest Fire Service is battling a new wildfire that broke out in Lakewood on Monday. The fire, which has spread over 30 acres so far, is 0% contained, the NJ Forest ...

Ulster, Dutchess and Greene counties were among 15 counties elevated to drought warning status by Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Monday, Nov. 18, due to a ...