‘This is the new normal’: Fires spread across New York region
New York City has had over 230 brush fires since Oct. 29, after its driest month since record-keeping began in 1869.
New York City Fire Map Shows Where Over 200 Fires Have Started
The record-breaking statistics come as several Northeast states battle extremely dry conditions and multiple wildfires.
Deadly wildfire in New York and New Jersey about 20% contained, authorities say
A quarter of an inch of rain fell on the Jennings Creek fire early Monday morning, which helped crews get some much needed ...
New York Is Facing Its Worst Wildfire Season in More Than a Decade
New York and the Northeast are in the midst of their worst fire season in more than a decade, with little relief in sight for ...
2 charged with setting some Northeast wildfires amid New Jersey drought warning and blazes out West
New Jersey’s governor declared a drought warning. Black Hawk helicopters scooped water from a lake to dump on a forest fire ...
New Jersey-New York wildfire keeps burning, fed by dry, windy conditions
Nov 12 (Reuters) - Strengthening winds and bone-dry conditions were hindering firefighters working to gain control of a ...
Jennings Creek Fire: New York issues statewide burn ban as wildfire becomes largest in years
A wildfire raging on the border of New York and New Jersey prompted officials Monday to postpone one of the nation's oldest Veterans Day Parades.
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What’s Behind New York Fires? Climate Change, Land Use and History
Wildfires that are raging across New York and New Jersey highlight a new threat to one of the world’s most affluent regions.
Volunteer forest ranger, 18, dies responding to New York wildfire that sent smoky haze over NYC
An 18-year-old New York State Forest Ranger volunteer and state employee died Saturday while responding to a wildfire near ...
As Wildfire Burns in New Jersey and New York, Rain Offers Little Relief
The fire, the latest of several in the region over the weekend, had caused one death and was not contained as of Sunday ...
New York firefighter accused of intentionally setting brush fire on Long Island
A volunteer firefighter on Long Island, New York, was arrested on Tuesday after authorities said he intentionally started a ...
Jennings Creek brush fire is 20% contained. Latest update on New York-New Jersey fire
The state Department of Environmental Conservation said the Jennings Creek brush fire was 20% contained as it entered its ...