Wildfires

As a wildfire continued to burn in Ocean County, New Jersey, the smoky conditions contributed to the hourslong closure of a miles of the Garden State Parkway just as folks head to the Jersey Shore for the weekend.

A wildfire burned at Ocean County’s Bass River State Forest in New Jersey. Here’s what to know.

Chopper 4 caught a pretty vantage point.

Notice anything strange about the sun when you woke up today? It still looked like a ball of fire — but it was much redder than usual. That was all thanks to the wildfires in Canada. Smoky haze acted like a camera filter to give New York City residents a glimpse of sunspots — and there are many of them….

Latest Forecast From Storm Team 4

Latest Forecast From Storm Team 4

The fires in Canada have been burning mostly in the province of Alberta, where thousands of residents have evacuated and regional officials have issued state of emergency alerts.

The fires in 2020 killed nine people, burned more than 1,875 square miles (4,856 square kilometers) in Oregon and destroyed upward of 5,000 homes and structures.

A legal dispute in Montana could drastically curb the government’s use of aerial fire retardant to combat wildfires.

Tracie Strahan reports on an overnight wildfire in New Jersey that spread to 3,859 acres of land.

You too? Many phones across New York City dinged (or vibrated, or did nothing at all) simultaneously just before 7 a.m. Friday as the National Weather Service issued a citywide Red Flag Warning. Judging by the volume of Google searches that soared immediately after, many are wondering what that means. It has to do with the risk of brush fires….

If the sky over the greater New York City area looked a little hazy or even milky Sunday morning, that’s because of wildfires all the way out in California whose smoke is wafting east over the country. Maps from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s RAP-Smoke model show significant concentrations of smoke over the tri-state region, with deep oranges...

If the sky over New York City looks a little hazy or even milky Friday morning, that’s because of wildfires all the way out in California whose smoke is wafting east over the country. Maps from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s RAP-Smoke model show significant concentrations of smoke over the tri-state region. While the EPA’s AirNow model shows...

Firefighters are putting out the remnants of two wildfires on a Sicilian island that forced fashion designer Giorgio Armani and dozens more to flee vacation villas overnight.

Dozens of firefighters are battling a large wildfire in a rural area of Hawaii’s Big Island. No homes are threatened. Gusts and arid conditions are making it difficult to contain the blaze. The fire started in the western reaches of the U.S. Army’s Pohakuloa Training Area, which is above the town of Waikoloa and between Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea...

Firefighters say they’re making progress as they battle California’s largest and deadliest wildfire of the year. The McKinney Fire in Northern California grew very little on Tuesday, although it remains out of control. The blaze that began last Friday has virtually wiped out the tiny hamlet of Klamath River and at least four people are confirmed dead. Thousands also remain...

Deputies found a jar of marijuana in his belongings, but he didn’t appear to be high, they said.

Two bodies were found inside a charred vehicle in a driveway in the wildfire zone of a raging California blaze that is among several burning in the western U.S. amid hot, dry and gusty conditions that boost the danger that the fires will keep growing, officials said Monday.

The House has approved wide-ranging legislation aimed at helping communities in the West cope with increasingly severe wildfires and drought — fueled by climate change — that have caused billions of dollars of damage to homes and businesses in recent years. The measure combines 49 separate bills and would increase firefighter pay and benefits; boost resiliency and mitigation projects for...

Firefighters are battling a blaze in central California which has already burned nearly 17,000 acres and was only 10% contained as of Monday morning.