The wildfire that started on Friday at the Peaslee Wildlife Management Area in Vineland has expanded an additional 50 acres from Saturday’s 1,200. The blaze still remains 75% contained, according to a noon Sunday update from the New Jersey Forest Fire Service. The Cumberland County fire was previously described as 75% contained on Saturday afternoon There is now one road closure — Cow Turd Road between Cedar Branch Road and Hesstown Road. Union Road and Bennetts Mill Road were previously closed but have reopened. There are no current evacuations or...

West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service says it received reports of a wildfire off Denne Road, Horsham, on Saturday at about 17:15 BST Emergency services have urged the public to heed wildfire prevention advice during the Easter holidays following a blaze which damaged four hectares (10 acres) of land. West Sussex Fire & Service Service said it received multiple calls shortly after 17:15 BST on Saturday. Three fire engines, a water carrier and two off-road vehicles were sent to the scene off Denne Road in Horsham. A spokesperson for the...

A South Jersey wildfire has fanned out to an additional 200 acres as of Saturday afternoon but first responders have made significant headway, state officials announced. The blaze in the Peaslee Wildlife Management Area in Vineland began Friday and the response extended into Easter weekend. The wildfire, dubbed “Danny’s Fire,” has now burned at least 1,200 acres — up from 1,000 acres Saturday morning. In an update at 3:27 p.m., the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said crews have “made substantial progress” and the blaze is now 75% contained. That’s...

A wildfire burning through a forest in South Jersey has spread to 1,000 acres as of late Saturday morning, but the blaze is about 50% contained, officials said. The fire broke out about 12:25 p.m. Friday in the Peaslee Wildlife Management Area in Vineland, Cumberland County, and initially burned 20 acres. That number jumped to 500 acres Friday evening before growing to 800 acres at 10 p.m., then to 1,000 acres as of 10 a.m. Saturday, according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service. In its latest update, the forest...

A 20-acre wildfire in the Peaslee Wildlife Management Area in Cumberland County has forced a road closure Friday afternoon as fire crews investigate, officials said. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service responded to the blaze in Vineland shortly before 2:30 p.m. The fire has forced the closure of Union Road between Route 49 and Mays Landing Road. Forest Fire Service officials said the wildfire is 0% contained, but no structures are threatened. The firefighting effort includes an air tanker capable of dropping 600 gallons of water and a helicopter that...

A brush fire closed down a highway exit in Burlington early Friday afternoon, officials said.

At 1:15 p.m., the Massachusetts Department of Transportation wrote on X that Exit 50A on Interstate 95 southbound in Burlington was closed due to the brush fire.

Above-normal precipitation has helped ease drought conditions in many parts of Massachusetts, but the northeast region of the state remains at “significant drought” levels, environmental experts say.

New licensing rules for the controlled burning of heather and other moorland vegetation could lead to an increased risk of wildfires, a rural group has warned. Scottish Land and Estates claimed the technical demands of a new muirburn licensing scheme will leave many land managers unable to obtain a licence in time. The Scottish government said land owners have been given "adequate time" to prepare for the new regulation. The warning comes in the wake of a spate of wildfires across Scotland last week, including on the Isle of Arran...

Over 4.5 million people are under red flag warnings on Thursday, officials said. Millions in the Southwest are on alert for fire weather through the end of the week due to extreme or critical risks posed by warmer temperatures, high winds and a low relative humidity, officials said. Red flag warnings are in place for 4.5 million people -- beginning on Wednesday and continuing through the rest of the workweek -- due to the combination of warmer-than-normal temperatures, a relative humidity of around 10% to 15% and winds gusts between...

Arson Investigators in Riverside were looking for four teenagers on Sunday, April 13, after witnesses reported seeing high school-age boys near where a small brush fire burned the night before. The fire was reported at 11:12 p.m. Saturday at Sycamore Highlands Park at 5777 Fair Isle Drive, the Riverside Fire Department said in a news release. “Several witnesses in the park reported four males high school age in the park lighting off fireworks into the canyon,” the release said. They described the boys’ car, and when a battalion chief approached...

Nearly all of South Florida was under a Red Flag Warning on Saturday as the National Weather Service in Miami warns of dangerous fire weather conditions that could lead to fast-spreading wildfires. The warning, which includes Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, is in effect until 7 p.m. Other counties also under warning include Monroe, Palm Beach and Collier. Red Flag warnings are a rare alert, but last month, South Florida saw many fire weather alerts as a sprawling brush fire in south Miami-Dade County consumed more than 26,000 acres. The blaze...