A Long Island volunteer firefighter was arrested Tuesday night after allegedly confessing to having started one of the brush fires that swept through the town of Medford earlier in the day.

With rising global and ocean temperatures creating fiercer weather patterns, experts said they believe extreme weather events ...

Months of dry weather brought attention to brush fires as the seasons changed but structure fires are up, too. Some have been ...

Three firefighters were hurt battling a blaze that engulfed a condominium complex on Long Island late Christmas night, according to police. Nassau County police say the fire at the gated Vista ...

FREEPORT, Long Island (WABC) -- The Nassau County Fire Marshal is investigating a destructive house fire in Freeport. Eight people were hurt overnight when the home on Smith Street quickly went up ...

A woman was found dead after a brush fire near the San Gabriel River in Long Beach on Sunday, Dec. 8. Fire crews extinguishing the fire discovered the body in the vicinity of 2nd Street and the ...

At 4:24 a.m. Sunday, officers with the Long Beach Police Department responded to the area of 2nd Street and the San Gabriel River to assist with a brush fire. After the Long Beach Fire Department ...