which includes New York City, the Lower Hudson Valley and Long Island, are now under a burn ban until March 16. The ban comes as crews continue to fight brush fires in Suffolk County, which have ...

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 ...

Officials say no homes burned, crediting volunteer firefighters from across Long Island and the New York National Guard for dumping water on the pine barrens blaze, which was fueled by strong ...

A special weather statement was active Saturday in New York City and Long ... of emergency Saturday in Long Island’s Suffolk County amid brush fires in the Pine Barrens, she said on X.

NEW YORK (AP) — Firefighters in New York knocked ... four separate fires broke out across large swaths of Long Island’s Pine Barrens region, prompting closures to the highway and evacuations ...