Firefighters were getting closer Friday to taming a wildfire burning across the New Jersey-New York border on Friday, increasing their encirclement of the hard-to-access blaze.

A Fire Weather Watch remains in effect as the New York City Tri-State is the driest it’s been in nearly 120 years, creating ...

Smoke rising from a slope off East Shore Road on Greenwood Lake in West Milford on 11/14/24. Firefighters have been lighting ...

The Town of Tuxedo announced Thursday that "smoke jumpers," trained experts who specialize in wildfires, will be brought in ...

Dry conditions in the Northeast are worsening, creating a scenario for fire danger in the region to persist, an updated map ...

During his first term as president, Donald Trump considered firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. He backed off then.

Recent lack of rainfall in the Northeast has led to a severe drought in the I-95 corridor from Virginia to Massachusetts. Some of the worst conditions have been in New York and New Jersey, where ...

The New Jersey Forest Fire Services says that the Jennings Creek wildfire in Passaic County is now 90% contained on the New ...

GREENWOOD LAKE, N.Y. – There's a renewed threat of wildfires this weekend for much of the Interstate 95 corridor in the Northeast.

On Thursday, officials said containment on the New Jersey side jumped to 75%, but in Orange County, New York, the terrain has ...

Some residents in New Jersey woke up on Friday morning to a smoky smell, as nearby wildfires continued to burn.

The East may not face the same threats of massive wildfires that have become an ominous hallmark of life in the West. But the risks are underestimated.