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

East End brush fires shocked some residents and evoked memories of those who lived through the Sunrise Fire of 1995.

Charges included wire fraud, aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, money laundering and aggravated identity theft.

The Lower Hudson Valley and other parts of New York are under an early burn ban ahead of a statewide ban that starts Sunday, March 16.

Gratitude for our first responders courage and dedication is not enough. Government must act swiftly to strengthen prevention policies and remove dangerous wildfire fuel.

Law enforcement agencies are still interviewing all 911 callers to rule out any possibilities, but they "strongly feel that ...

The cause of the wildfires that swept through part of Long Island, New York, over the weekend is believed to have been a resident making s'mores, police said.

Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency and said state agencies were responding to the fires around the Pine Barrens, ...

Investigators say embers from a backyard fire spread rapidly, fueling blazes that prompted evacuations and an emergency burn ...

Firefighters in New York continued to battle at least one brush fire in a wooded stretch of Long Island on Sunday.

Investigators have determined that the brush fires that burned more than 400 acres of Long Island’s Pine Barrens over the weekend were caused by a family’s backyard bonfire while making s’mores. Fire ...