New York City firefighters are working around the clock to contain multiple wildfires in Manhattan and Queens as dry ...

A severe drought in the Northeast, that isn't expected to lessen up soon, has caused an "unprecedented number of brush fires" ...

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

In Brooklyn’s Prospect Park on Sunday, onlookers gawked at a charred hilltop, where newly fallen leaves had already obscured ...

A Red Flag Warning​ is back in effect for much of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, as the fire threat remains high.

More than 100 firefighters battled a brush fire in Prospect Park on Friday night that charred two acres of greenery, ...

Thanks to a slight reprieve from the drought, rain has weakened the deadly wildfires burning in New York and New Jersey and ...

In an unusually dry season for the Northeast, fires were pushing potentially dangerous smoke into New York City.

Throughout the metro area any outdoor burning is strongly discouraged, according to the National Weather Service, and much of ...

Wildfires brought on by extreme dry conditions have left parts of the East Coast in a dangerous haze this weekend.

An 18-year-old New York State Forest Ranger volunteer and state employee died Saturday while responding to a wildfire near ...