Controlled or prescribed fires have been used on Long Island since the 1995 Sunrise Fire near Westhampton to improve habitats ...

Dozens of restaurants are teaming up for the launch of a new program, Long Island Wings it Forward, to raise money for ...

Restaurants from across Long Island will be donating 20 percent of their April 7 wing sales to fire departments that helped ...

Firefighters will continue to vigorously fight accidental wildfires, even in the region's least dense areas, a Suffolk fire ...

Charges included wire fraud, aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, money laundering and aggravated identity theft.

The Lower Hudson Valley and other parts of New York are under an early burn ban ahead of a statewide ban that starts Sunday, March 16.

The Pine Barrens Preserve, which sits atop a federally recognized ... but this must be a team effort — free of politics — to protect Long Island’s environment and safety. Our first responders deserve ...

Gusty winds, low humidity and dry conditions are expected to produce elevated fire danger in parts of the Southwest and ...

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

Multiple brush fires that burned across a wooded area of Long Island over the weekend were accidentally caused by a family’s ...

Officials say brush fires that burned on New York’s Long Island over the weekend, injuring two firefighters and sending large ...

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