The New York City fire department has responded to 229 brush fires from October 29 to Nov. 12, a record for any two-week ...

With wildfire activity flaring in the Northeast and continued burns in California, scientists are concerned by coast-to-coast ...

Parks department data shows firefighters responded to more than 400 fires in city parks between 2020 and August 2024.

New York has urged its 8.5 million residents to save water as America's biggest city endures an unprecedented period without ...

A volunteer firefighter was arrested and charged after allegedly setting a brush fire on Long Island, New York, on Tuesday.

Burn bans and drought watches have been announced throughout New York State counties as responders fight widespread wildfires ...

Forest fires in New York City are nearly unprecedented. None have been recorded in Prospect Park in recent history, and while ...

Wildfires are rarer in North Jersey and the southern part of New York than other regions, but a record dry spell has put all ...

In Brooklyn’s Prospect Park on Sunday, onlookers gawked at a charred hilltop, where newly fallen leaves had already obscured the scorched earth of Friday’s 2-acre brushfire. Some respected two “Do Not ...

Wildfires in New Jersey and New York are part of a growing trend of increased fire weather in the Northeast U.S. Here's how.

Rainfall did little to slow a wildfire burning on the border of New York and New Jersey on Monday, officials said, as strong ...

Dangerous wildfires were burning Monday on the East and West coasts, with firefighters in New York and New Jersey working to ...