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

Prescribed burns will be conducted at certain state forests and preserves throughout New York. Prescribed burns are ...

Severe weather threatens the mid-Mississippi Valley and Southeast this weekend, with possible hail, and isolated tornadoes. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

New York state's burn ban went into effect Sunday and prohibits brush burning and other open fires within the state borders ...

May. State Department of Environmental Conservation Acting Commissioner Amanda Lefton announced the annual statewide ban prohibiting residential brush burning began Sunday, March 16, and runs through ...

A New York statewide annual ban on burning residential brush is in effect through May 14. Open burning of debris is the largest cause of spring wildfires in New York state, according to the state ...

If you’re thinking about torching your old Christmas tree in the backyard any time soon, think again. A state-wide ...

Oklahoma's Department of Emergency Management (OEM) has reported more than 130 wildfires across more than three dozen ...

In Oklahoma alone, more than 150 blazes were burning, which have destroyed almost 300 structures and killed at least one ...

As the saying goes, the best time to plant a tree was yesterday. Tree time and people time are different and in the decades ...

Suffolk County police and fire officials believe a series of brush fires on Long Island in New York over the weekend began accidentally.