The cause of the brush fires that ravished 400 acres on Long Island’s Pine Barrens have been ruled accidental.

Stemming the Southern pine beetle onslaught is one way to limit the amount of dead trees that lead to new growth and more ...

Brush fires that burned hundreds of acres on Long Island over the weekend are under control and officials believe they now ...

Fires are tied to the history of the pine barrens, now at 105,000 acres, down from what experts believe at one time was a quarter of a million acres.

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

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

All four Long Island brush fires that sent soaring plumes of smoke into the air had been contained by Sunday afternoon, ...

The massive brush fire that impacted the East End of Long Island​ is no longer burning in Westhampton, but Forest Rangers ...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency over the weekend due to wildfires along the only major road ...

The ban follows a state of emergency declared in Suffolk County by Hochul to deploy ground and air support to assist with the ...

A state of emergency was declared by New York Governor Kathy Hochul, and around 100 fire companies were reportedly deployed.