The brush fire in the pine barrens this weekend ignited in a part of Suffolk County with a history of fires and flare-ups — to some degree a natural part of the ecosystem but also exacerbated ...

Months of drought conditions that haven't let up in New Jersey could be a recipe for one of the state's most intense wildfire seasons this spring. For weeks, New Jersey officials have been ...

Controlled fires could start in the coming days in five state forests in the Long Island pine barrens from Rocky Point to Westhampton, state environmental officials said. During a burn season that ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency Saturday as dozens of fire departments and the National Guard worked to extinguish multiple wildfires that broke out on the South Shore of Long ...

Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency as state agencies responded to fires in the Pine Barrens, a wooded area near commuter towns east of New York City. She warned that homes, a ...