Firefighters are working to extinguish a brush fire burning in Inwood Hill Park in upper Manhattan. Dry conditions in New ...

A severe drought in the Northeast, that isn't expected to lessen up soon, has caused an "unprecedented number of brush fires" ...

A fire on the roof of a 44-story luxury apartment building sent plumes of dark smoke into the New York City skyline on Thursday.

The record-breaking statistics come as several Northeast states battle extremely dry conditions and multiple wildfires.

The New York City fire department has responded to 229 brush fires from October 29 to Nov. 12, a record for any two-week period.

New York City has had over 230 brush fires since Oct. 29, after its driest month since record-keeping began in 1869.

The Inwood Hill Park fire is the latest in an unusually high number of fires in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut amid dry conditions and gusty winds.

A brush fire broke out at Alley Pond Park in Queens Wednesday evening. The fire was first reported around 6:45 p.m., ...

The fire, in Inwood Hill Park at the northern tip of Manhattan, followed brush fires that burned in Brooklyn, the Bronx and ...

As of Tuesday, the FDNY has responded to 229 brush fires across the five boroughs, Fire Commissioner Robert Tucker said.

Nearly four dozen firefighters were deployed to battle a brush fire in the Inwood section of Manhattan on Wednesday.

A brush fire sparked in Brooklyn on Wednesday, officials said. The fire broke out near a golf course in Marine Park near ...