Why were those sirens wailing? Patch recaps some of Essex County’s recent public safety, police, fire and EMS stories.

Several factors, including dry conditions, windy weather and lower-than-normal humidity are contributing to the warning.

Earlier this month a 90-year-old woman was rescued from her home in Clinton after it caught fire. Police got a call at 3 p.m.

NEWARK, N.J. -- A massive 3-alarm fire is raging through several homes in Newark, New Jersey on Tuesday. The fire started at 5:21 p.m. local time at Montgomery Avenue at Avon Avenue, fire officials ...

A large fire that straddled the border of Irvington and Newark on Tuesday left 27 people homeless and destroyed 5 homes.

An elderly man was injured and nine families were displaced after a fire broke out in Newark, New Jersey, in the late ...

It comes as the UN says the situation in Gaza is "desperate", as it delivers the first food aid allowed into the area in more than two weeks.

The New York franchise of the Professional Women’s Hockey League got a new name and a new home this offseason. And now it has ...

The UN says two cameras were destroyed and the tower damaged - it follows several reports of similar incidents in recent days ...

JERUSALEM - The Israeli military ordered residents of 23 southern Lebanese villages on Saturday to evacuate to areas north of ...

Battalion Fire Chief Joseph Anselmo, Fire Capt. Bill Pellegrino, and Firefighter Allan Yourstone will be joining the disaster ...