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Firefighters are working to contain a New Jersey brush fire sending smoke into New York City. The fire broke out on the Palisades in Englewood Cliffs Thursday night. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service ...

Authorities battling a series of large wildfires in the Los Angeles area have employed a bright red fire retardant to tamp the flames, leading to dramatic images of the material blanketing scores of ...

The entire state of New Mexico is under red flag warnings. More than 6 million people in multiple states across the Southwest and South Plains are under red flag warnings Thursday as strong winds and ...

Record heat is forecast from Texas to Minnesota. At least 9 million people in the nation's upper Midwest region are under red flag warnings on Monday, including residents of Minnesota, where a ...