Stemming the Southern pine beetle onslaught is one way to limit the amount of dead trees that lead to new growth and more ...

Fires are tied to the history of the pine barrens, now at 105,000 acres, down from what experts believe at one time was a quarter of a million acres.

The fires broke out in the same vicinity of the Pine Barrens in which a much worse wind-driven blaze devastated thousands of acres along the Sunrise Highway in the late summer of 1995. Drought ...

The ban follows a state of emergency declared in Suffolk County by Hochul to deploy ground and air support to assist with the ...

SUFFOLK COUNTY, Long Island (WABC) -- The battle against massive, wind-whipped brush fires raging across parts of Long Island's Pine Barrens entered its second day on Sunday, after flames prompted a ...

The massive brush fire that impacted the East End of Long Island​ is no longer burning in Westhampton, but Forest Rangers ...

The state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services warned that wind gusts up to 40 mph were likely, complicating ...

Two commercial buildings were damaged and two firefighters suffered minor injuries, Suffolk County Fire Coordinator Rudy ...

Arson could be the cause of several wind-driven brush fires that burned on New York’s Long Island over the weekend, injuring ...