Firefighters are closer to taming the wildfire that’s across the New Jersey-New York border
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Firefighters are closer to taming the wildfire that’s across the New Jersey-New York border

Associated Press  

WEST MILFORD, N.J. — Firefighters were getting closer Friday to taming a wildfire burning across the New Jersey-New York border on Friday, increasing their encirclement of the hard-to-access blaze. The fire, named the Jennings Creek blaze, was 90% contained on the Passaic County, New Jersey, side of the border, and about 70% contained on the Orange County, New York side. It had burned 7 1/2 square miles across the two states, although New York officials said that number is likely to increase somewhat in coming days. New Jersey fire officials said they would no longer issue updates on the fire, barring serious unforeseen complications.

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Many think wildfires are a West Coast disaster - but climate change now puts the East Coast at more risk
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Many think wildfires are a West Coast disaster - but climate change now puts the East Coast at more risk

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Amid one of the worst droughts the region has seen, New York and New Jersey …

Second teen charged in New Jersey forest fire as rain should help douse New York blaze
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Second teen charged in New Jersey forest fire as rain should help douse New York blaze

Associated Press  

A second teenager was charged with intentionally setting a wildfire in a New Jersey suburb of Philadelphia as “significant” rainfall was expected to help douse a stubborn wildfire burning on the New Jersey-New York border Wednesday. A storm moving into the New Jersey-New York area Wednesday was expected to bring what New York officials called “significant” rainfall to the area …

Wildfire threat continues in much of the US Northeast as dry conditions persist
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Wildfire threat continues in much of the US Northeast as dry conditions persist

Associated Press  

Firefighters in New York said Sunday that a voluntary evacuation overnight helped them protect more than 160 homes from a stubborn wildfire near the New Jersey border as officials in much of the Northeast coped with hundreds of brush fires in tinder-dry and windy conditions. Windy conditions renewed a wildfire Saturday that escaped a containment line and prompted emergency officials …

Renewed wildfire escapes containment and prompts evacuation near New York-New Jersey border
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Renewed wildfire escapes containment and prompts evacuation near New York-New Jersey border

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Windy conditions renewed a wildfire …

2 charged with setting some Northeast wildfires amid New Jersey drought warning and blazes out West
1 month, 3 weeks ago

2 charged with setting some Northeast wildfires amid New Jersey drought warning and blazes out West

Associated Press  

BRICK, N.J. — New Jersey’s governor declared a drought warning. Firefighting crews continued efforts to contain a wildfire in a woodland on the New Jersey-New York border that has burned around 7.8 square miles in the two states. Around 30 miles away in New York City, a brush fire broke out in a park on the northern tip of Manhattan, …

Ghastly wildfires in New York and New Jersey claim 18-year-old hero firefighter
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Ghastly wildfires in New York and New Jersey claim 18-year-old hero firefighter

Hindustan Times  

Rainfall did little to slow a wildfire burning on the border of New York and New Jersey on Monday, officials said, as strong winds helped the fire grow. 18-year-old firefighter killed in Jennings Creek blaze The Jennings Creek fire has already killed one person, an 18-year-old employee of New York State Parks department, according to local police. Englewood Cliffs fire …

East and West Coast wildfires: 18-year-old crew member killed as firefighters battle dangerous blazes burning on both coasts
1 month, 3 weeks ago

East and West Coast wildfires: 18-year-old crew member killed as firefighters battle dangerous blazes burning on both coasts

CNN  

CNN — Dangerous wildfires are burning Monday on the East and West coasts, with firefighters in New York and New Jersey working to contain a deadly blaze spurred by an ongoing, historic drought – while strong winds in Southern California could fan a destructive fire in Ventura County. The Jennings Creek Fire has scorched approximately 3,000 acres across parts of …

Wildfires spread in New York, New Jersey, prompting health advisories
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Wildfires spread in New York, New Jersey, prompting health advisories

Al Jazeera  

Fire crews in the United States are working to contain large blazes in the northeastern states of New York and New Jersey, where heavy, smoke-filled air has prompted health warnings in several areas. The Jennings Creek wildfire has already torched 1,200 hectares across the two states, killed a New York parks employee and threatened dozens of structures, officials reported on …

NY parks employee dies fighting fires; air quality warnings are issued in New York and New Jersey
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

NY parks employee dies fighting fires; air quality warnings are issued in New York and New Jersey

Live Mint  

POMPTON LAKES, N.J. — A New York parks employee died battling one of a number of wildfires in New Jersey and New York amid dry conditions that have prompted air quality warnings in both states, authorities said Sunday. The Eastern Dutchess County Fire and Rescue said the New York state forestry service reported that the worker died when a tree …

Fire crews on both US coasts battle wildfires; 1 death in New York-New Jersey fire
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Fire crews on both US coasts battle wildfires; 1 death in New York-New Jersey fire

Associated Press  

POMPTON LAKES, N.J. — Fire crews on both coasts of the United States continued battling wildfires on Sunday, including a blaze in New York and New Jersey that killed a parks employee and another in Southern California that destroyed more than 130 structures and damaged dozens more. Meanwhile, New York State Police said they were investigating the death of Dariel …

Fires Flare in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Amid US East Drought
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Fires Flare in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Amid US East Drought

Live Mint  

Brush fires broke out in a major New York City park and in New Jersey on Friday as the worst drought in more than two decades gripped the US Northeast. Firefighters worked to extinguish a blaze in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park and used drone technology to identify hot spots, the New York City Fire Department said in posts Friday on X, …

Firefighters make progress in battling New Jersey wildfire threatening 55 structures
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Firefighters make progress in battling New Jersey wildfire threatening 55 structures

Associated Press  

POMPTON LAKES, N.J. — Firefighters in New Jersey are reporting “substantial progress” in battling a wildfire that is threatening dozens of structures, one of a number of forest fires they are fighting in the state. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Forest Fire Service said Saturday afternoon that the fire in the Pompton Lakes area of Passaic County had …

At least 4 wildfires are burning in bone-dry New Jersey
1 month, 4 weeks ago

At least 4 wildfires are burning in bone-dry New Jersey

Associated Press  

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. — Firefighters in New Jersey were stretched even thinner on Friday when another wildfire broke out in the state’s bone-dry conditions. At least four wildfires were burning in the state, stretching from the Pinelands in the central and western parts of the state to the New York City suburbs. The latest fire broke out along the Palisades …

Crews battling New Jersey wildfires in driest conditions in nearly 120 years
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Crews battling New Jersey wildfires in driest conditions in nearly 120 years

Associated Press  

EVESHAM, N.J. — Firefighters were battling blazes in the parched New Jersey Pinelands on Thursday, where they say conditions are the driest they have been in at least 120 years. The blaze was discovered Thursday morning and had burned completely uncontained across less than half a square mile by early afternoon, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said. The fire …

Crews battle 2 wildfires in New Jersey, where conditions are driest in nearly 120 years
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Crews battle 2 wildfires in New Jersey, where conditions are driest in nearly 120 years

LA Times  

A forest fire in a Philadelphia suburb was threatening homes Thursday in what officials called the driest conditions in nearly 120 years. The fire in Evesham Township was threatening dozens of homes, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said. The fire in Jackson, in the central portion of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, had grown to less than half a …

Firefighters making good progress battling wildfire in New Jersey Pinelands
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Firefighters making good progress battling wildfire in New Jersey Pinelands

Associated Press  

BERKELEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Firefighters in southern New Jersey were making good progress Tuesday trying to contain a forest fire burning in Berkeley Township that has thus far not threatened any structures. As of mid-afternoon, the blaze on the northern edge of the New Jersey Pinelands had consumed about 189 acres or less than one square mile, according to Jeremy …

Park fire flares up as crews scramble to contain 360,000-acre blaze
5 months, 1 week ago

Park fire flares up as crews scramble to contain 360,000-acre blaze

LA Times  

Cal Fire firefighter Nick Martinez puts out hot spots from the Park fire near Forest Ranch, Calif., on Saturday. “We’re kind of at the mercy of the weather, the fuel and the topography — those are the three driving factors of any fire,” said Jay Tracy, a spokesperson for the incident. California ‘Firenado’ swirls up from explosive Park fire north …

Park Fire in California scorches through land the size of Los Angeles
5 months, 1 week ago

Park Fire in California scorches through land the size of Los Angeles

Associated Press  

FOREST RANCH, Calif. — Thousands of firefighters battling a wildfire in Northern California received some help from the weather Saturday hours after it exploded in size, scorching an area greater than the size of Los Angeles. The Park Fire has scorched 547 square miles as of Saturday and destroyed 134 structures since igniting Wednesday when authorities said a man pushed …

Rains, cooler weather help firefighters gain ground on large wildfires in New Mexico
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Rains, cooler weather help firefighters gain ground on large wildfires in New Mexico

LA Times  

Smoke rises from fires in Ruidoso, N.M., on Monday. Recent rains and cooler weather are helping more than 1,000 firefighters gain ground on two wildfires in southern New Mexico on Saturday that have killed two people, destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands to flee. Elsewhere in New Mexico, heavy rain and flash flood warnings prompted officials to order some …

At least 1 dead in New Mexico wildfire that forced thousands to flee, governor’s office says
6 months, 2 weeks ago

At least 1 dead in New Mexico wildfire that forced thousands to flee, governor’s office says

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — Thousands of southern New Mexico residents fled a mountainous village as a wind-whipped wildfire tore through homes and other buildings, and killed at least one person. “Within an hour, the police department, the fire department, everybody’s there blocking, barricading the roads to our area and telling everybody to leave,” he said. “Thank God we were ready.” …

New Mexico wildfire scar burn has forest officials worried
2 years, 7 months ago

New Mexico wildfire scar burn has forest officials worried

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — As more than 3,000 firefighters in northern New Mexico continued to battle the nation’s largest active wildfire Sunday, federal forest officials worried about future flash floods, landslides and destructive ash from the burn scar. A hazard assessment from the Forest Service and U.S. Geological Survey shows that some burned areas on the New Mexico fire could …

Extreme fire threats prompt US suspension of planned burns
2 years, 7 months ago

Extreme fire threats prompt US suspension of planned burns

Associated Press  

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore cited extreme fire danger and unfavorable weather conditions Friday in announcing a suspension of all planned fire burning operations to clear brush and small trees on all national forest lands while his agency conducts a review of protocols and practices ahead of planned operations this fall. His decision came as federal …

Rain brings relief to massive, record-wildfire in New Mexico
2 years, 7 months ago

Rain brings relief to massive, record-wildfire in New Mexico

Associated Press  

Lightning sparked a few new small fires in the drought-stricken Southwest Monday but the thunderstorms brought welcome rain to the monster blaze that’s been churning for a month in New Mexico and is now the state’s largest in recorded history. “We haven’t seen rain in a really long time so that’s exciting,” San Miguel County Sheriff Chris Lopez said Monday …

Wildfires Tear Across Several States, Driven By High Winds
2 years, 8 months ago

Wildfires Tear Across Several States, Driven By High Winds

Huff Post  

— Firefighters across the country are battling multiple wildfires as tinder-dry conditions and high winds whip up flames from Arizona to Florida — including a prairie fire in rural southwestern Nebraska that has killed one person, injured at least 15 firefighters and destroyed at least six homes. A break in the weather in parts of the Midwest and West allowed …

Wildfires tear across several states, driven by high winds
2 years, 8 months ago

Wildfires tear across several states, driven by high winds

Associated Press  

— Firefighters across the country are battling multiple wildfires as tinder-dry conditions and high winds whip up flames from Arizona to Florida — including a prairie fire in rural southwestern Nebraska that has killed one person, injured at least 15 firefighters and destroyed at least six homes. A break in the weather in parts of the Midwest and West allowed …

Southwest wildfire outlook grim as flames char New Mexico
2 years, 8 months ago

Southwest wildfire outlook grim as flames char New Mexico

Associated Press  

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Bulldozers were busy Monday scraping through New Mexico’s high country as firefighters scouted more rugged terrain, looking for places where they could wield tools to dig lines that stop what has grown into the largest wildfire burning in the U.S. Nearly a dozen new large fires were reported over the weekend across the nation — four in …

Emergency declaration for multiple wildfires in New Mexico
2 years, 8 months ago

Emergency declaration for multiple wildfires in New Mexico

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico Gov. One wildfire in northern New Mexico that started April 6 merged with a newer fire Saturday to form the largest blaze in the state, leading to widespread evacuations in Mora and San Miguel counties. An uncontained wind-driven wildfire in northern New Mexico that began April 17 had charred 81 square miles of ponderosa …

Fires hit Southwest, New Mexico’s season ‘dangerously early’
2 years, 8 months ago

Fires hit Southwest, New Mexico’s season ‘dangerously early’

Associated Press  

New Mexico faces a long and potentially devastating wildfire season, Gov. Hundreds of structures were lost in a growing number of wind-driven blazes across drought-stricken New Mexico, Lujan Grisham said Saturday. New Mexico as of Saturday had the most major wildfires burning of any state, though neighboring Arizona also had large fires that included one that burned 30 homes near …

Couple found dead as wildfire destroys New Mexico homes
2 years, 8 months ago

Couple found dead as wildfire destroys New Mexico homes

Al Jazeera  

The wind-driven blaze, burning for days, is believed to have killed a New Mexico couple and destroyed more than 200 homes The remains of a New Mexico couple were found near their burned home as a wind-driven wildfire charred more than 200 residences on the edge of a mountain community in the southern part of the state. Fire crews on …

5 firefighters injured in Montana blaze in stable condition
3 years, 5 months ago

5 firefighters injured in Montana blaze in stable condition

Associated Press  

JORDAN, Montana — Five federal firefighters remained hospitalized Sunday in stable condition after sustaining burn injuries when swirling winds blew a lightning-caused wildfire back on them in eastern Montana on Thursday. The five were building a defensive line at the Devil’s Creek Fire in Garfield County when the weather shifted, said Bureau of Land Management spokesman Mark Jacobsen. Two USDA …

Western wildfires: Crews make progress on huge Oregon blaze
3 years, 5 months ago

Western wildfires: Crews make progress on huge Oregon blaze

Associated Press  

BLY, Ore. — The nation’s largest wildfire raged through southern Oregon on Friday, but crews were scaling back some night operations as hard work and weaker winds helped reduce the spread of flames even as wildfires continued to threaten homes in neighboring California. The upper eastern edge of the fire continued to move toward Summer Lake, jumping fire lines Thursday …

Erratic Oregon wildfire destroys dozens of homes, expands
3 years, 5 months ago

Erratic Oregon wildfire destroys dozens of homes, expands

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Ore. — Firefighters scrambled Friday to control a raging inferno in southeastern Oregon that’s spreading miles a day in windy conditions, one of numerous wildfires across the U.S. West that are straining resources. The blaze has forced 2,000 people to evacuate and is threatening 5,000 buildings that include homes and smaller structures in a rural area just north of …

California wildfire becomes deadliest blaze this year as toll climbs to 10; 16 more still missing
4 years, 3 months ago

California wildfire becomes deadliest blaze this year as toll climbs to 10; 16 more still missing

Firstpost  

More than 2,000 homes and other buildings have burned in the fire which began as a lightning-sparked collection of blazes several weeks ago Gridley: A Northern California wildfire that destroyed a foothill hamlet has become the state’s deadliest blaze of the year with 10 people confirmed dead — and the toll could climb as searchers look for 16 missing people. …

Washington governor says nearly 600,000 acres scorched
4 years, 3 months ago

Washington governor says nearly 600,000 acres scorched

Associated Press  

MALDEN, Wash. — Wildfires have scorched nearly 937 square miles in Washington state this week, Gov. “But this is the place where the whole heart of the town was torn out.” Malden is a farm town set among wheat fields about 35 miles south of Spokane, Washington. Inslee said the state is already responding to the losses in Malden, which …

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