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

The cause of the wildfires that swept through part of Long Island, New York, over the weekend is believed to have been a ...

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.

Approximately 90 fire and emergency services agencies converged on Westhampton to battle brush fires that culminated in a ...

Law enforcement agencies are still interviewing all 911 callers to rule out any possibilities, but they "strongly feel that ...

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

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

Investigators say embers from a backyard fire spread rapidly, fueling blazes that prompted evacuations and an emergency burn ...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency over the weekend due to wildfires along the only major road ...