Heavy drought conditions have fire chiefs in the Rutland area telling residents not to have any outdoor fire pits.

New York Parks and Recreation Aid Dariel Vasquez, 18, was killed while battling a forest fire in Orange County, NY Saturday, ...

RUTLAND — Heavy drought conditions and a recent forest fire that burned ... four acres of woodlands before it was put out by local departments. "That fire was determined to have been caused ...

Forest Rangers with the state Department of Environmental Conservation responded to a variety of calls throughout the Adirondacks the past week. Dry, warm, and, at times, breezy conditions combined ...

With the Elk Fire 88% contained and growing cooler, the problems are just beginning for the 98,000 acres of land ravaged by ...

The fire, the latest of several in the region over the weekend, had caused one death and was not contained as of Sunday ...

A state parks worker was killed Saturday while responding to a large wildfire in Orange County that originated across the ...

Firefighters reported 0% containment on a wildfire straddling the border of New Jersey and New York on Sunday.

Officials said 132 homes were lost and 88 damaged, making one of the most destructive fires in the region in several years.