New Britain’s Fire Chief Raul Ortiz was just starting his job as a firefighter when he found himself learning from one of ...

Fire crews from across Connecticut battled several wildfires across the state on Thursday, including ones in Berlin, Canaan, ...

Officials said helicopter runs with water buckets plan to resume around 9 a.m. Thursday to fight the massive brush fire on ...

Funeral arrangements have been set for a Wethersfield firefighter who was killed while fighting a raging brush fire on Lamentation Mountain.

Funeral arrangements for fallen Wethersfield firefighter Robert Sharkevich Sr., who died in a utility task vehicle crash ...

The fire on Lamentation Mountain entered its fourth day Thursday, having burned approximately 125 acres since Monday.

While scrambling up steep, rocky Metacomet Trail on Meriden’s East Peak one sunny day last week, Phil Plouffe and I glanced ...

A red flag warning is in effect for all of Connecticut Wednesday as a massive blaze has grown at Lamentation Mountain in ...

Officials said Thursday three helicopters are expected to be taking water from Silver Lake and dumping water onto the flames.

Aerial water drops on the fire will continue Thursday starting around 8:30 a.m., with the next update from officials expected ...