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

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

New York's governor triggered a burn ban for the area. She issued a prohibition on most types of outside camping, cooking and warming fires in Long Island, as well as parts of the Hudson Valley amid ...

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 ...

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

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

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

A massive wildfire that erupted Saturday afternoon, March 8 at the edge of the Hamptons has burned through over two miles of ...

According to the New York Daily News, around 600 acres of the Long Island Pine Barrens were burnt as a result of the fires, ...