The New Jersey Forest Fire Service first reported it at around 2:15 p.m. Saturday. "Our fire tower noticed it, and it was spotted in New York. Well, [Friday] afternoon, the fire was pushing into ...

A forest ranger died battling a brush fire along the New York-New Jersey border Saturday night – as dangerous wildfires continued to cause bad air quality across the tri-state region amid a ...

The fire burning in the George Washington National Forest has consumed approximately 90 acres of forest land, according to information from the Warren County Fire and Rescue (WCFR) Department.

Dariel Vasquez, a Parks and Recreation aide employed by the New York State Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation Department, was killed while battling a fire in a forest in Greenwood Lake ...

The Jennings Creek wildfire, centered on West Milford in Passaic County, was only 10% contained as of the latest update Monday from the New Jersey Forest Fire Service. Crews from New Jersey and ...

On Wednesday, 15 homes were evacuated as a result of the wildfire and 25 homes were threatened, according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service. Among those evacuated were Barbara Ventre and Jean ...

Fire crews in New Jersey have been fighting the Jennings Creek Fire since Sunday, according to the state’s forest fire service. The wildfire has burned 3,500 acres and sits at 20% containment ...

An 18-year-old New York State Forest Ranger volunteer and state employee died Saturday while responding to a wildfire near the New York-New Jersey border that sent smoke drifting across New York ...

Jeremy Oldroyd, a forest ranger with New York state, said that Vasquez died “assisting with fire line construction.” “Wildland firefighting is a very dangerous profession, and we try to take ...