FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker announced the creation of the department's first Brush Fire Task Force on Sunday.

The creation of the task force comes as numerous brush fires have plague the city, Long Island and the state in recent weeks.

The New York Fire Department responded to a scaffolding collapse in Manhattan early Monday morning that sent three people to ...

The FDNY says a brush fire that broke out in Manhattan and rose to three alarms on Tuesday afternoon is now under control.

Firefighters worked to put out a brush fire in Washington Heights on Tuesday evening. CBS News New York's Alecia Reid and ...

Fire Commissioner Robert Tucker moved immediately to expand the existing brush fire unit to a larger task force to fight on ...

HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) -- Firefighters are on the scene of another brush fire burning in Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon. The fire in Harlem was reported at West 155th Street & Harlem River Drive.

FDNY responds to another brush fire at Inwood Hill Park amidst a dry spell and launches a Brush Fire Task Force.

NEW YORK - The FDNY is battling a brush fire that broke out in Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon. The fire was reported as ...

A Queens Village man was killed after he became trapped in his bedroom after a fire swept through a home at 218-59 110th Ave.

A brush fire broke out in Harlem Tuesday afternoon, according to the FDNY. The fire was reported near West 155th Street and ...