A New York forest ranger was killed battling a wildfire that is burning near Greenwood Lake in Orange County and northern New Jersey. Latest U.S.

An 18-year-old New York State Forest Ranger volunteer and state employee died Saturday while responding to a wildfire near the New York-New Jersey border that sent smoke drifting across New York ...

New York State Police identified the state Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation Department employee as 18-year-old Dariel Vasquez, who was among those battling the fire Saturday in ...

A fast-spreading wildfire in Ocean County, New Jersey prompted mandatory evacuations in Ocean Township, Lakewood and Lacey Township. Latest U.S.

The New Jersey Forest Fire Service reported the blaze, known as the California Branch Wildfire, in Wharton State Forest on Saturday afternoon. Two campgrounds were evacuated, and several roads in ...

Since then, the wildfire has spread across 2,000 acres and is not contained, Donnelly said. He called it the biggest wildfire in the state so far this year. A New York forest ranger responding to ...