Only one forest fire was burning Monday morning. It was in Wyoming County, but the dry woodlands are getting primed for ...

With record-breaking warmth for early November, combined with strong winds and tinder-dry woodlands, fire chiefs have imposed a ban on outdoor burning statewide through Friday. Once again, for the ...

That is bad news for parks and fire officials who have blamed dry grounds and wind gusts for helping to spark brush fires deep into woodlands at parks in both Nassau and Suffolk counties Saturday.