2 charged with setting some Northeast wildfires amid NJ drought warning
New Jersey’s governor declared a drought warning. Black Hawk helicopters scooped water from a lake to dump on a burning ...
'Treacherous conditions' in NYC: Firefighters battling record number of brush fires
The New York City fire department has responded to 229 brush fires from October 29 to Nov. 12, a record for any two-week period.
Dry conditions fuel wildfires in Manhattan, Queens and New Jersey
Firefighters are very busy battling several wildfires in Manhattan, Queens and New Jersey as dry conditions, brush and ...
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FDNY contains 4-acre fire in Manhattan’s Inwood Hill Park, using water from Harlem River
The blaze in the borough’s “most ancient forest” was the latest in a series of brush fires in the metro area amid record ...
New York Drought Conditions Fan Flames, Spur Water Saving
New York has urged its 8.5 million residents to save water as America's biggest city endures an unprecedented period without ...
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Inwood Park Ablaze as Brush Fires Reach Historic Levels Across NYC
Firefighters have responded to more than 200 brush fires in the past two weeks, including nearly two dozen in Van Cortlandt ...
Why Did Brooklyn’s Biggest Park Light Up in Flames?
In Brooklyn’s Prospect Park on Sunday, onlookers gawked at a charred hilltop, where newly fallen leaves had already obscured the scorched earth of Friday’s 2-acre brushfire. Some respected two “Do Not ...