Among the cities and towns heavily impacted by Friday’s wildfires was Stillwater, where multiple evacuations were ordered after fires sparked Friday afternoon.

Thousands of acres are ablaze in North and South Carolina as the states could face severe weather on Wednesday.

The blazes were fueled by gusty winds, dry air and unusually high temperatures. The largest fire was burning 1,600 acres near ...

“Oh, gosh.” “Because the church is just right there.” “No — church is right behind us. Sorry, it’s east of the church. It’s — it’s east of the church. It is. You’re — and they close 51 because there’s ...

Dozens of wildfires have cropped up since the weekend, forcing South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster to declare a state of emergency ...

Towns and communities in Long Island, New York, were on alert Saturday after brush fires spewed thick smoke into the air. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency in Suffolk County as ...

The fires — in Center Moriches, East Moriches, Eastport and Westhampton — blanketed part’s of Long Island’s East End shortly after 1 p.m., filling the sky with thick black smoke ...

New research quantifies the health risks of wildland-urban interface fires, showing fire emissions in populated areas are three times more likely to lead to annual premature deaths than emissions from ...

Ornithologists at the Natural History Museum and UCLA are studying how smoke from the January wildfires will affect the region’s birds. It’s part of a broader scientific effort to understand ...

As smoke engulfed the city, valuable bits of evidence accumulated in the feathers’ once-white barbs. “It's really weird to be a scientist who studies wildfire smoke,” Shultz said.