But occasionally accidents do happen,” said Jeremy Oldroyd, forest ranger, New York State Department of Environmental ...

The Passaic fire, now called the Jennings Creek Wildfire, started burning on Saturday afternoon near West Milford. The fire ...

An 18-year-old New York state employee was killed Saturday while battling a wildfire in Orange County's Sterling Forest.

Local News 2 firefighters seriously injured as wildfires blaze across Massachusetts The Department of Fire Services is urging residents to listen to local authorities and refrain ...

“The fire was caused by magnesium shards of a Dragon’s Breath 12 gauge shotgun round igniting available combustibles on the ...

A state parks worker was killed Saturday while responding to a large wildfire in Orange County that originated across the ...

An 18-year-old New York parks employee died Saturday while battling one of many wildfires burning through several thousand ...

New York State Police said they were investigating the death amid the fire in Sterling Forest located in Greenwood Lake.

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

Firefighters reported 0% containment on a wildfire straddling the border of New Jersey and New York on Sunday.

Several wildfires, including fires in Pompton Lakes and West Milford, continue to burn across New Jersey on Sunday morning.

The fire, the latest of several in the region over the weekend, had caused one death and was not contained as of Sunday ...