The U.K. government is pledging to clean up Lake Windermere, a sewage-clogged beauty spot that has come to symbolize the filthy state of Britain's waterways.

Firefighters in New York knocked down a dwindling brush fire in a wooded stretch of Long Island on Sunday as officials warned ...

Following brush fires in Long Island, Gov. Kathy Hochul issued a burn ban until March 16, when New York’s annual statewide ...

Arson could be the cause of several wind-driven brush fires that burned on New York’s Long Island over the weekend, injuring ...

Longer hours at 10 downstate offices, including two on Long Island, are being held in advance of the May 7 deadline.

The Gerritsen Beach Volunteer Fire Department and the FDNY Marine Unit were on hand, along with the Police Department's Aviation Unit, which used bambi buckets to help extinguish the fire that was ...

An arson investigation is underway on Long Island after a series of brush fires over the weekend injured at least two ...

Firefighters in New York have contained a brush fire that burned 600 acres in Long Island’s Pine Barrens. Governor Kathy ...