Rare "extreme" drought conditions have spread to eight counties in New Jersey, while the rest of the state is now in a severe ...

The dry conditions are part of a broader drought across the Northeast. Nationally, October was one of the driest months on ...

Discarded cigarette butts and piles of burning yard waste are two of the most common culprits of human-caused wildfires.

For hourly updates as wildfires continue to burn throughout the region, check out the New Jersey wildfire, smoke map.

Brian Fuchs, a climatologist with the National Drought Mitigation Center, told Newsweek that the last time drought to this ...

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

A New York forest ranger was killed battling a wildfire that is burning near Greenwood Lake in Orange County and northern New ...

At least six wildfires are actively burning across New Jersey as gusty winds, dry brush and low humidity provide fueling conditions for fire activity.

Firefighters in New Jersey are stretched even thinner as yet another wildfire burns in bone-dry conditions in the state.

Multiple wildfires in New Jersey prompted a smoke advisory and stretched firefighters to the limits as flames burned from the Pinelands in the central and western parts of the state to the New York ...

Multiple wildfires have erupted across New Jersey amid windy and dry conditions. New Jersey residents should be prepared for ...

Firefighters are battling blazes in the parched New Jersey Pinelands, where they say conditions are the driest they have been in at least 120 years.