West Milford wildfire scorches hundreds of acres, largest in northern New Jersey since 2010; Brush fire consumes parts of 800-acre park in Teaneck, N.J.

New York and New Jersey are certainly not known for being wildfire hotspots, but with an extended dry pattern that has settled upon this region, the threat of wildfires has become a very real concern.

NEW JERSEY (WABC) -- As temperatures begin to rise and wind gusts pick up, the threat of brushfires in our area increases. Meteorologist Sam Champion partly attributes our risk for brushfires with ...

U pper Manhattan caught fire yesterday as a brush fire ignited in Inwood Hill Park, following blazes in Brooklyn, the Bronx, and across the Hudson River in New Jersey in the past week, in what the ...

New Jersey has battled 306 wildfires since Oct. 20, up from about 28 during the same period last year. Connecticut has responded to nearly 150 in the past month, after facing just five in 2023.

A topsy-turvy weather pattern will visit the Northeast this week, complete with bouts of rain, dramatic swings in temperature and dry, gusty winds that elevate the risk for fires.

Firefighters in New Jersey are battling a major brush fire in Essex County. The 140-acre blaze is currently 60% contained as of Sunday morning, according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service.

The New Jersey Forest Fire Service is on scene of a wildfire burning in area of the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Englewood Cliffs, Bergen County. SIZE & CONTAINMENT 🔥 19 acres ...

A large brush fire tore through Elsmere Park in Glassboro, New Jersey, on Friday night. The fire was contained, but some crews stayed on the scene to monitor it.

Firefighters battled a large brush fire in southern New Jersey on Friday, according to officials. Members of the Medford Township Department of Fire and EMS were on the scene of a brush fire in ...