Two people have been charged with starting some of the wildfires blazing through the Northeast amid dry weather conditions. Police in the Philadelphia suburb of Evesham Township said late Wednesday that they charged a minor with deliberately setting a fire on October 30 that burned less than a tenth of a square mile.

Firefighters across the Northeastern U.S. are tackling a series of wildfires during an abnormally dry fall, impacting air quality from New York City to Philadelphia. The big picture: Much of the region is in drought and the National Weather Service warns dry and windy conditions "could lead to fires over portions of southern New England,