Approximately 90 fire and emergency services agencies converged on Westhampton to battle brush fires that culminated in a ...

Arson could be the cause of several wind-driven brush fires that burned on New York’s Long Island over the weekend, injuring ...

The state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services warned that wind gusts up to 40 mph were likely, complicating efforts to douse flames.

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

Towns and communities in Long Island, New York, were on alert Saturday after brush fires spewed thick smoke into the air. New ...

New York's governor triggered a burn ban for the area. She issued a prohibition on most types of outside camping, cooking and ...

An arson investigation is underway on Long Island after a series of brush fires over the weekend injured at least two ...

The fires broke out in the same vicinity of the Pine Barrens in which a much worse wind-driven blaze devastated thousands of acres along the Sunrise Highway in the late summer of 1995. Drought ...

The U.S. State Department has ordered nonemergency government personnel to leave South Sudan's capital as tension escalates ...

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