Controlled or prescribed fires have been used on Long Island since the 1995 Sunrise Fire near Westhampton to improve habitats ...

Jokes about the Pine Barrens abound. But visitors willing to look closer will find a place steeped in nature, history and ...

At one point over the weekend, smoke from a South Jersey forest fire could be seen on weather radar, making its way from the ...

Firefighters will continue to vigorously fight accidental wildfires, even in the region's least dense areas, a Suffolk fire ...

Government must act to remove dead trees that increase fire risk and spread and make firefighting even more difficult and ...

The pine barrens is considered a fire-dependent ecosystem, which means the dead section of the forest will regrow quickly, but the immediate concern is the possibility of embers reigniting.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency over the weekend due to wildfires along the only major road headed into the Hamptons.

Suffolk County Police Arson Section detectives believe the cause is related to a fire that spread following an attempt to ...

The last of four blazes that began in Suffolk County on Saturday has been put out, but Long Island and the Hudson Valley still faced a high fire risk on Sunday, officials said.

This photo provided by the New York Air National Guard shows smoke from the fires in the Pine Barrens off Sunrise Highway in New York’s Long Island, on Saturday, March 8, 2025. (Cheran Campbell/New ...