March 12, 2025
Multiple brush fires that burned across a wooded area of Long Island over the weekend were accidentally caused by a family’s attempt to make s’mores, Suffolk County police said Monday. Commissioner Kevin Catalina said detectives traced the cause to a …
March 9, 2025
Four brush fires that broke out over the weekend on Long Island are being investigated as possible arsons. The brush fires that were driven by 35 mph winds were contained on Sunday by first responders before they could cross the …
November 21, 2024
A second teenager was charged with intentionally setting a wildfire in a New Jersey suburb of Philadelphia as “significant” rainfall was expected to help douse a stubborn wildfire burning on the New Jersey-New York border Wednesday. Many parts of the …
November 18, 2024
A voluntary evacuation of homes over the weekend helped New York firefighters continue their progress in containing a state park wildfire near the New Jersey border. The state requested that residents in about 165 homes in Warwick, New York evacuate …
November 15, 2024
Wildfires that are raging across New York and New Jersey highlight a new threat to one of the world’s most affluent regions. Climate change is regarded by scientists as the pre-eminent factor driving long-term changes in weather, and the New …