Joe Castellano, a battalion chief for the FDNY, said firefighters brought the fire under control by about 10 a.m. At its peak, it was about 6 feet wide by 40 feet long, he said. Fire marshals were ...

Brush fires and wildfires have destroyed more than 8 million acres of land across the U.S. this year, according to the Interagency Fire Center. Members of the FDNY’s new task force will respond ...

The FDNY battled two fires in Brooklyn Friday afternoon just hours apart. Fire officials say the first fire broke out in a Midwood home at around noon. Just a few hours later, a second fire broke ...