NYC-area residents slammed with more smoke from wildfire when flames breach containment line overnight
The smoke was wafting down from the stubborn Jennings Creek blaze, which so far has consumed more than 5,000 acres of forest ...
NYC placed under drought warning as reservoirs dry up, fire risk high
NEW YORK — City has been placed under a drought warning, with city agencies now under water restrictions and repairs to the ...
WINS Radio New York on MSN1d
FDNY launches Brush Fire Task Force to tackle wildfires amid recent spike across historically-dry NYC
FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker announced the establishment of the department’s first-ever Brush Fire Task Force on Sunday as ...
FOX 5 New York on MSN2d
Fire Weather Watch: Forecast, updates, maps of NJ and NY wildfires
A Fire Weather Watch will once again be in effect this weekend as the New York City Tri-State is the driest it’s been in ...
Hudson Yards rooftop fire sends plumes of dark smoke into NYC skyline
A fire on the roof of a 44-story luxury apartment building sent plumes of dark smoke into the New York City skyline on ...
Apparent homless man lights himself on fire outside NYC church as horrified witnesses look on: police
A witness called 911 to report that the man had set himself ablaze around 2:30 a.m. at East 16th Street and Rutherford Place, ...
Queens Chronicle12h
Many left displaced after three-alarm fire
Last Thursday morning, firefighters for more than two hours battled a three-alarm blaze at an apartment building in ...
Gothamist2d
Red flag warning throughout NYC region as historic drought brings threat of more fire
The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning on Saturday for the entire New York City region — illustrating ...
Vagrants may have accidentally started NYC’s Prospect Park fire: sources
Homeless people camped out in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park might have started the weekend blaze that torched two wooded acres in ...
Lohud.com, Westchester County on MSN12h
Jennings Creek fire: Smoke causing temporary impact to air quality in NYC metro area
The battle against the Jennings Creek wildfire on the New Jersey/New York border has entered its second week. See the latest ...