Meyersdale fire Chief Mike Miller has witnessed the dangers that wildfires pose. That's part of the reason why he and other ...

PALMERTON, Pa. — It's a different sight looking at a section of the Blue Mountain near Palmerton along the Northampton and ...

In our news wrap Friday, firefighters in California are making progress extinguishing a wildfire that has destroyed some 130 ...

There are multiple large wildfires are burning in New Jersey right now amid some of the driest conditions in the region in nearly 120 years.

HARRISBURG – With much of Pennsylvania abnormally dry ... “Taking this one, small step now to address wildfire risk could prevent a larger problem as we get deeper into the heart of hunting season,” ...

Hundreds of firefighters working around the clock for seven days have contained a wildfire on the Blue Mountain at Lehigh Gap ...

Hundreds of firefighters brought the blaze under control after 7 days, said Bob Kurilla, spokesman for the bureau that’s part of the state DCNR.

Australia’s states and territories have unanimously backed a world-first national plan to ban children younger than 16 from ...

Rain is in the forecast. It will not be enough to ease the drought conditions, a meteorologist said, but "it's more than zilch." ...

A weather alert was issued by the National Weather Service on Friday at 4:25 a.m. for elevated fire danger until 6 p.m. for ...

Drought means that an area has experienced a period of drier-than-normal conditions from a lack of precipitation such as rain ...

Newswatch 16's Emily Kress tells us more about the progress firefighters are making five days after the flames ignited.