Hundreds of firefighters overcame adverse conditions to make substantial gains in controlling the Jennings Creek Wildfire on the New York/New Jersey border Wednesday, when two other brush fires ignited in a Manhattan park. The Jennings Creek fire is 50% ...

Firefighters are slowly making progress in their battle against a wildfire at the border of New Jersey and New York.

Containing the Jennings Creek Wildfire was always going to be an issue due to the terrain. Here is how firefighters are doing so in New Jersey.

The fires in the Northeast haven't caused major evacuations, but a Connecticut firefighter died battling a wildfire last month and the blaze on the New York-New Jersey border claimed the life of an 18-year-old New York state parks employee who was assisting firefighters last weekend.

New Jersey has declared a drought warning as dry conditions continue, asking residents to conserve water voluntarily.

About an hour after it concluded, the department announced a press briefing for Wednesday “to discuss the state entering Drought Warning status as prolonged dry periods continue statewide.” The New Jersey Forest Fire Service says conditions in the state are the driest they have been in nearly 120 years.