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A fire is burning along the New Jersey-New York border as an emergency drought warning emerges. CBS News' Tom Hanson has the ...

Firefighters are working to extinguish a brush fire burning in Inwood Hill Park in upper Manhattan. Dry conditions in New ...

Parched fields and damaging blazes: The Northeast drought and wildfires in photos More than 58% of the Northeast is in ...

A discarded cigarette from careless smoking is the cause of the three-alarm fire at the Pine Hill Mansions that left dozens of people displaced on Tuesday, Nov. 12, officials confirmed.

Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus declared a state of emergency Wednesday evening following a weeklong effort to control ...

Conditions in some northeast states are the driest they've been in nearly 120 years as numerous wildfires continue to burn.

GREENWOOD LAKE, N.Y. - People north of New York City and in northern New Jersey are being warned about more smoke Thursday ...

The FDNY said it has responded to 229 brush fires since Oct. 29, calling it the most in city history over a two-week stretch.

The New Jersey Forest Fire Service has stated that the Jennings Creek Forest fire, which has already burned 5,000 acres ...

With wildfires burning after its driest September and October ever, New Jersey declared a drought warning Wednesday, Nov. 13.

Check here for updates throughout the day Thursday as the Jennings Creek Wildfire continues to burn in New Jersey and New ...