Vermont and New York are in what's called pre-green. That's when dead grass, leaves and twigs can become dry due to multiple factors, such as sunshine, wind, low humidity, and warmer temperatures.

A large brush fire in Putnam County prompted an emergency response from fire departments across the Hudson Valley on Friday ...

The Syracuse Fire Department responded to a vacant house fire on the north side of Syracuse on Thursday, April 17.

Nearly six months after the Mountain Fire displaced 750 people and destroyed 182 homes and other structures in Ventura County ...

A four-level "quadplex" penthouse located in the skinniest skyscraper on Manhattan 's Billionaires Row just hit the market ...

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A 25-year-old aspiring firefighter died after suffering fatal head injuries in a snowboarding accident at Kirkwood Mountain ...

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The Table Rock Complex Fire became the largest mountain wildfire in South Carolina ... has the potential to strain the capacity of local response to new wildfire ignitions, according to the ...

As the Table Rock Complex Fire continues to spread, jumping the state line into Transylvania County, North Carolina, it has now become the largest mountain wildfire in South Carolina history.