Joseph Nickischer can’t remember wildfires like this. “We’ve had fires that lasted this long, but not this big,” Nickischer, a former chief and current volunteer with the Patterson Volunteer Fire ...

New York could see more frequent and destructive blazes — but doesn’t have enough forest rangers and firefighters to respond ...

East Lyme ― East Lyme Fire Deputy Chief Erik Quinn said crews were able to return Sunday morning to fight a brush fire that broke out at Rocky Neck State Park Saturday, and got it under control.

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey is under heightened fire risk as dry weather and strong winds have led to Stage 3 Fire Restrictions across the state. State officials are urging residents to take ...

9, 2024. (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection via AP) In this handout photo provided by the Reno Fire Department, fire crews battle the Callahan Fire, which caused the evacuations of ...

Heavy smoke led to poor air quality and health advisories for parts of New Jersey ... the NY Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Forest Protection and Fire Management are in ...

About 16 units were destroyed as a result of the fire, according to the town's police chief. Five police officers ... those claims but that the state of New Jersey does not require apartments ...

While the forecast rain is welcome, Bill Donnelly, the state's Forest Fire Service chief, said extensive rainfall is needed to end the ongoing threat. "New Jersey hasn't seen anything this dry ...

New Jersey, in the early hours of Monday, Nov. 11, 2024, found a woman dead inside the home, officials said. According to Jesse Flax, chief of the Camden Fire Department, the woman was killed in a ...

Dangerous wildfires were burning Monday on the East and West coasts, with firefighters in New York and New Jersey working ... by the Mountain Fire, Ventura County Fire Chief Dustin Gardner said ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Fire crews in New York and New Jersey on Sunday continued battling a wildfire that killed a parks employee ...

POMPTON LAKES — The wildfire that continues to burn in the Cannonball Road area of the borough has spread to 162 acres, but the New Jersey Forest ... The Wanaque Fire Department is assisting ...