GREENWOOD LAKE, N.Y.-- Crews continued battling several wildfires ... He called it the biggest wildfire in the state so far ...

NEW YORK (WPIX) — An 18-year-old New York forest ranger has died while fighting a 2,000-acre wildfire burning in New York and New Jersey, according to New York State Police. Dariel Vasquez was ...

Jeremy Oldroyd, a forest ranger with New York state, said that Vasquez died “assisting with fire line construction.” “Wildland firefighting is a very dangerous profession, and we try to take ...

The fire was reported in Lake Luzerne in Warren County on Thursday, April 24. It burned across 14 acres and was extinguished later that day.