Officials say the fire is about 20% contained and said they have made progress, but strong winds are hampering their efforts to bring the fire completely under control. Those winds are bringing the smoke to the Jersey side of the border. New York state ...

High wind gusts and low humidity are proving challenging for firefighters battling thousands of acres of wildfire across Passaic County on Tuesday.

That was especially true in New Jersey, where one fire in the southern part of the state tripped fire alarms and set off carbon monoxide detectors, causing an “unprecedented” number of 911 calls Monday, officials said. A blaze near the New York-New ...

Fire crews battled small wildfires across the Northeast U.S. on Monday, including a blaze in New York and New Jersey that killed a parks employee over the weekend and postponed Veterans Day plans.