The New York City fire department has responded to 229 brush fires from October 29 to Nov. 12, a record for any two-week ...

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a way to use sound to detect when lithium-ion batteries are about to catch fire. The NIST team included Wai ...

Wildfires have claimed the life of a teenage park ranger, as blazes continue to rage across New York State. 18-year-old ...

Authorities investigating the cause and origin of the Oct. 30 blaze "located evidence that identified this fire as an arson," ...

With wildfire activity flaring in the Northeast and continued burns in California, scientists are concerned by coast-to-coast ...

Conditions in some northeast states are the driest they've been in nearly 120 years as numerous wildfires continue to burn.

Forecasters said​ that the high tides would result from the full moon and not rain, which the city desperately needs.

NYC firefighters battle wildfires in Manhattan's Inwood Park and Queens' Alley Pond Park due to dry conditions.

New York City’s ongoing drought has sparked a record 215 brush fires in just the past two weeks, FDNY officials said ...

Natural gas flares at oil wells sparked two North Dakota wildfires earlier this fall, according to reports from the North ...

The Jennings Creek Wildfire has burned through 2,283 acres in New Jersey alone, reaching 50% containment fire-wide as of ...