Vagrants may have accidentally started NYC’s Prospect Park fire: sources
Homeless people camped out in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park might have started the weekend blaze that torched two wooded acres in ...
18-year-old NY parks worker dies fighting wildfires
An 18-year-old New York parks employee died Saturday while battling one of many wildfires burning through several thousand ...
Firefighters make progress, but Southern California wildfire rages on
Firefighters increased containment of Ventura fire. People have been allowed bak into 1,000 evacuated homes. But 130 ...
East Oakland fire contained after sending massive plumes of smoke into the air
A fire that sent massive plumes of black smoke into the air in an East Oakland neighborhood Sunday was contained but has not yet been under control, fire officials said. Oakland firefighters were ...
NY forest ranger dies fighting fires; air quality warnings are issued in New York and New Jersey
Authorities are reporting the death of a New York forest ranger battling one of a number of wildfires in New Jersey and New York amid dry conditions that have prompted air quality warnings in both ...
As California wildfires become more frequent, people will need to fireproof their homes. Here’s what it takes to do it
Steven Snyder stood by his bedroom window, gazing out as his neighborhood burned. Waves of red and orange flames and plumes ...
Rain in forecast, but wildfire threat expected to persist; first responder dies upstate
In a statement Sunday, Hochul also acknowledged the death of Dariel Vasquez, an 18-year-old State Parks and Recreation aide killed battling a wildfire in Sterling Forest in Greenwood Lake, New York.