The smell of acrid smoke spread throughout New York City on Saturday and persisted into the evening, after brush fires broke ...

That was especially true in New Jersey, where one fire in the southern part of the state tripped fire alarms and set off ...

Why were those sirens wailing? Patch recaps some of Essex County’s recent public safety, police, fire and EMS stories.

Firefighters are facing “significant challenges” on Tuesday due to gusty winds as they work to contain a large wildfire on ...

The siren and lights during a traffic stop are unnerving to most people, but for autistic drivers, the situation can lead to ...

New Jersey has been experiencing a combination of dry forest grounds, dry air with relative humidity values and windy ...

Firefighters reported 0% containment on a wildfire straddling the border of New Jersey and New York on Sunday.

Fire crews in Camden, New Jersey were working on early Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, as an abandoned church burned and part of the structure collapsed. According to officials, the fire began at about 4:20 ...

Wildfires were burning from one end of New Jersey to the other on Friday after one of the driest months on record, leading New York City to issue smoke warnings and forcing farmers to take steps ...

An overnight fire left parts of a home charred in West Deptford, New Jersey. The fire was first reported around 1 a.m. Friday morning with multiple crews responding to the home on Crescent Avenue.

New York and New Jersey are certainly not known for being ... Red Flag Warnings are designed to help fire managers know when not to prescribe burns on federal lands, like protected forests.