Brush Fires in Manhattan as Northeast Drought Worsens
1 hour ago · Fires blaze across the Northeast. The city fire force has responded to 229 brush fires in all five boroughs between October 29 and November 12. Majority of the fires are in the Bronx, then Queens ...
NYC firefighters battle record number of brush fires across city
4 hours ago · New York City's fire department said it responded to 229 brush fires from October 29 to Nov. 12, a record for any two-week period. That doesn't include the Inwood Hill Park blaze. “Remarkably ...
Inwood Hill Park fire: FDNY battles large brush fire, dangerous ...
11 hours ago · Meanwhile, FDNY crews battled another brush fire in Queens that broke out at Alley Pond Park around 6:45 p.m. It went to a second alarm around 8:20 p.m. and was placed under control around 9:40 p ...
Firefighters battle stubborn wildfires in Queens and Manhattan
19 hours ago · The FDNY has deployed around 140 firefighters to battle a blaze in Manhattan's Inwood Park. The fire, which broke out around 3 p.m. According to officials, the fire is located on a steep, heavily ...
Inwood Park Ablaze as Brush Fires Reach Historic Levels Across NYC
1 day ago · A brush fire in Upper Manhattan’s Inwood Hill Park began at around 3 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, hours after the FDNY reported it had responded to a record 229 brush fires citywide in the last two weeks — surpassing the 200 fought by firefighters over the full month of October last year. As nearly two dozen FDNY and NYPD vehicles and ...
FDNY battles large brush fire in Inwood Hill Park in Manhattan
1 day ago · Meanwhile in Queens, FDNY crews battled another brush fire that broke out at Alley Pond Park around 6:45 p.m. It went to a second alarm around 8:20 p.m., and was placed under control around 9:40 p ...
Brush Fire Burns in Inwood Hill Park in Manhattan
23 hours ago · The Inwood Hill Park fire was among the latest in an unusually high number of brush fires and wildfires to erupt in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, as the region contends with unseasonably ...
Jennings Creek fire 50% contained; brush fires erupt in Manhattan
1 day ago · A two-alarm fire was burning a large portion of brush at Inwood Hill Park at the north end of Manhattan, the Fire Department of New York City said Wednesday evening. ... News media reports citing ...
Drought sparks record 215 NYC brush fires in two weeks: FDNY
1 day ago · Fire engines posted near Nethermead meadow in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. (Rebecca White for New York Daily News) Manhattan saw an estimated 24 brush fires over the last two weeks, the FDNY said.
Brush fire breaks out in Brooklyn's Prospect Park as ... - NBC News
5 days ago · By Rebecca Cohen and Phil Helsel. A brush fire broke out Friday night in Prospect Park, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, amid a drought that has been plaguing the northeastern U.S. for ...
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