The FDNY emphasized fire safety tips, urging residents to avoid outdoor burning, properly dispose of cigarettes and clear ...

FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker announced the creation of the department's first Brush Fire Task Force on Sunday.

The parks provide refuge for residents of a go-go-go city. But they also make the area more prone to brush fires during ...

FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker announced the creation of the department's first Brush Fire Task Force on Sunday, which will be comprised of fire marshals, inspectors and tactical drone units.

Firefighters battled a bushfire in Manhattan’s Inwood Hill Park through the night Wednesday as two additional blazes ignited at other city parks amid a record-shattering dry spell in the Big Apple.

A massive brush fire exacerbated by the city’s ongoing drought destroyed about 4 acres of Manhattan’s Inwood Hill Park, FDNY officials said Thursday. The raging blaze, which began at about 3 p ...

INWOOD, Manhattan -- The FDNY is battling an extensive brush fire that erupted in Inwood Hill Park in Manhattan on Wednesday afternoon. Two fires reportedly ignited around 3 p.m. and spread ...

New York City’s ongoing drought has sparked a record 215 brush fires in just the past two weeks, FDNY officials said Wednesday. The number of brush fires this year was significantly higher than ...

One day after Gov. Kathy Hochul issued a statewide ban on outdoor burning through the end of the month, FDNY Fire Commissioner Robert S. Tucker reminded New Yorkers to be aware of the threat of ...