Due to smoke from Canadian wildfires, the air quality index over much of eastern Pennsylvania was in the “orange” range Sunday morning, meaning it’s unhealthy for sensitive

Local News Wildfire in New Jersey's Wharton State Forest 90% contained after burning 6,400 acres By Frederick Sutton Sinclair, Ryan Hughes Updated on: June 18, 2025 / 1:50 PM EDT / CBS Philadelphia

The New Jersey Forest Fire Service held a briefing Tuesday on the three major wildfires that ripped across parts of the state last week. Anthony Johnson reports.

Smoke from wildfires burning in Canada spread across the New York City area on June 3. Footage recorded by Storyful journalist Angelina Fay shows the smoky haze shrouding New York’s iconic skyline.

That smoke smell is not a Father's Day barbecue you're missing. The smoke, haze and ash permeating the Philadelphia region on Saturday morning are due to a wildfire burning in New Jersey's Wharton ...

From Miami Beach to Galveston and Honolulu, these U.S. towns could be underwater by 2030, including a Jersey Shore destination.

The New York area is not immune from wildfires. Indeed, as recently as March of this year, over 600 acres burned in Suffolk County, Long Island.

More than $130 million in federal funds for projects to help Pennsylvania communities prepare for disasters have been canceled.

A motorcyclist was killed in a fiery crash Tuesday on Interstate 80 that caused a nearly five-acre brush fire, authorities said. New Jersey State Police officers responded to a report of a motor vehicle crash on I-80 west in the Parsippany-Troy Hills area of Morris County at 1:10 p.m., a spokesperson for the state police said.

Longport Police say one of its officers was on patrol Sunday when he noticed a plume of black smoke on a local street. Officer Rodriguez witnessed the smoke coming from the Betty's Seafood Shack truck that was parked in a driveway at 5 South 28th Avenue.