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

An 18-year-old New York parks employee died Saturday while battling one of many wildfires burning through several thousand acres across the tri-state. Dariel Vasquez had been deployed to Sterling ...

(CNN) — An 18-year-old New York State Forest Ranger volunteer and state employee died Saturday while responding to a wildfire near the New York-New Jersey border that sent smoke drifting across ...

NY hikers reported their companion died. Turns out, they were high on mushrooms The two hikers who called 911 also told a steward on the mountain’s summit that they were lost.

Andrew Lewis, a forest ranger from the Adirondacks, is serving as a crew chief on the Jennings Creek wildfire in Orange County.

A drought warning is in place across much of southern New York as the Jennings Creek wildfire has burned thousands of acres and forced people to leave their homes. A conversation with an ...

Officials said an 18-year-old employee of the New York State parks system died on Saturday while battling a wildfire in Orange County, one of several blazes in the New York metro area to break out ...

Officials say 18-year-old Ramapo High School graduate Dariel Vasquez was killed while helping to fight the massive wildfire.

A New York State parks employee died Saturday while battling a wildfire in Orange County, one of several blazes in the New York metro area to break out recently amid drought conditions.

The 18-year-old firefighter killed Saturday while battling the massive wildfire that has burned thousands of acres along the New Jersey-New York borde r was struck by a falling tree, authorities said.