Syracuse fire crews were called to a wildfire near Grand Avenue and Velasko Road around 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 19. They ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse firefighters Wednesday night fought back a wildfire with 30-foot flames and blowing burning embers in a scene that looked more like California than Central New York.

A large brush fire on the west end of Syracuse drew fire crews to an area just south of the Rosamond Gifford Zoo.

Brush fires have erupted in Long Island and near Brooklyn as strong winds in New York created an elevated risk of fire spread Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency in Suffolk County. Towns and communities in Long Island, New York, were on alert Saturday after brush fires spewed thick smoke into the air.

Peter Aitken is a Newsweek Politics Editor based in New York ... fire has prompted closures on the highway as 35 fire departments set to contain and extinguish the flames, although a smoke ...