Syracuse firefighters Wednesday night fought back a wildfire with 30-foot flames and blowing burning embers in a scene that looked more like California than Central New York. Around 6:57 p.m., fire ...

A dozen teachers in Pasadena, Calif., whose homes burned were told they’ll lose their jobs at the end of the school year, a ...

In a new study, researchers estimated that smoke from wildfires and prescribed burns caused $200 billion in health damages in 2017, and that these were associated with 20,000 premature deaths.

NEW YORK (AP) — A fire burned down a cat shelter in suburban New York, killing its founder and more than 100 of the felines ...

An electrical fire at Bridal Reflections’ Massapequa, N.Y., salon destroyed 200 wedding dresses. However, they were all ...

Dennis and Meredith Darcy were both charged with two counts of manslaughter in the second degree for the October 2024 deaths of Shannon Hubbard and her 1-year-old daughter, Margaret “Maggie” Hubbard.

Canada experienced its deadliest wildfire season on record. Smoke from those blazes travelled south, affecting air quality in many parts of the Northeast, including New York and New Jersey ...

Smoke was seen billowing from ventilation shafts at the ferry terminal on West 39th Street on Sunday afternoon. A vehicle ...

It was an idyllic pocket of Los Angeles where people knew their neighbors — and homes sold for $5 million. The fire ignited ...

Two people died and two police officers were hurt when a fire broke out a housing complex in New Jersey overnight ... were taken to a hospital for smoke inhalation. Two firefighters also got ...