The Board of Directors of the Bellevue-Dayton Fire Department, the joint fire department composed of appointees from the two ...

NEW YORK -- A box truck crashed into a sidewalk shed in New York City injuring three people on Monday morning. It happened around 8:17 a.m. in Chelsea on West 29th Street between 7th and 8th avenues.

The restrictions, meant to curtail more fires and conserve the city’s water supply, will mandate that city and state agencies take actions that mean fleets of LIRR, MetroNorth and MTA trains ...

Firefighters in New York said a successful voluntary evacuation that remains in place Sunday helped them protect about 165 homes overnight from a wildfire.

A drought in the northeast United States, combined with high winds, is creating record-breaking numbers of wildfires with dangerous smoke conditions in the New York metropolitan area and beyond.

Last week, a park on the northern tip of Manhattan caught fire, sending smoke billowing across the city — less than a week after a brush fire in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park.

Ulster, Dutchess and Greene counties were among 15 counties elevated to drought warning status by Gov. Kathy Hochul and New ...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul elevated 15 counties, including New York City, to drought warning status on Monday due to a continued shortage of rainfall and declining levels of streamflow and ...

Firefighters battling an outbreak of wildfires across the Northeast amid a historic autumn drought could get some relief from ...

Hundreds of wildfires and brush fires have burned across the Northeast as the region struggles under a historic drought.

The New York Fire Department responded to a scaffolding collapse in Manhattan early Monday morning that sent three people to the hospital.