A teenager employed by New York’s state parks department died while fighting a wildfire near the New Jersey border in Orange County on Saturday. Dariel Vasquez, 18, was killed when a tree fell on him ...

Many, including Gov. Kathy Hochul, commended the young man’s bravery. “In his final moments, Dariel was courageously battling a wildfire in Sterling Forest, sacrificing his own safety to protect his ...

Crews Sunday continued battling a wildfire that broke out late Friday on Neversink Mountain. The fast-spreading blaze was ...

A New York parks employee died battling one of a number of wildfires in New Jersey and New York amid dry conditions that have ...

There’s a bit of good news for our air quality after millions woke up Saturday morning surprised to find a troubling amount ...

Wildfires brought on by extreme dry conditions have left parts of the East Coast in a dangerous haze this weekend.

A man has been charged with arson after allegedly firing an illegal shotgun round that sparked a wildfire in New Jersey that ...

Dariel Vasquez was helping mitigate a fire Saturday in Sterling Forest in Orange County when he was killed, New York State ...

A state parks worker was killed Saturday while responding to a large wildfire in Orange County that originated across the ...

In a statement Sunday, Hochul also acknowledged the death of Dariel Vasquez, an 18-year-old State Parks and Recreation aide killed battling a wildfire in Sterling Forest in Greenwood Lake, New York.

The largest was West Milford’s Jennings Creek wildfire, which straddles the New York-New Jersey border. The fire had so far ...