Large brush fire in Brooklyn's Prospect Park under control: FDNY
Firefighters are working to contain a large brush fire in Brooklyn's Prospect Park, the New York City Fire Department said in ...
Volunteer forest ranger, 18, dies responding to New York wildfire that sent smoky haze over NYC
An 18-year-old New York State Forest Ranger volunteer and state employee died Saturday while responding to a wildfire near ...
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After fire, Prospect Park will take ‘many seasons’ to recover and prepare for future droughts
Forest fires in New York City are nearly unprecedented. None have been recorded in Prospect Park in recent history, and while ...
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Brush fire contained in Prospect Park, Brooklyn
BROOKLYN (WABC) -- Firefighters have contained a wildfire that erupted in Brooklyn's Prospect Park on Friday evening. Fire crews remained stationed in the park overnight if it re-ignites, officials ...
Wildfires rage across the Northeast as 27 million people remain under fire alerts
Wind gusts and humidity are helping to fuel wildfires burning across the Northeast, with 27 million people from New York to ...
New York mourns state Parks employee, 18, who died battling forest blaze
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — On Saturday, Dariel Vasquez, an 18-year-old New York State Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation ...
Brush fire breaks out in Brooklyn's Prospect Park as Northeast drought continues
The fire was in an “extremely dense” part of Prospect Park on a hill, and there were no structures nearby to be threatened, ...
Smoke lingers in Brooklyn after FDNY knocks down Prospect Park brush fire
A 2-acre brush fire broke out in Prospect Park on Friday night amid a lengthy drought and windy conditions that have led to ...
Volunteer Firefighter Charged With Setting Long Island Brush Fire
A volunteer firefighter was arrested and charged after allegedly setting a brush fire on Long Island, New York, on Tuesday.
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After Prospect Park fire, air quality improves slightly in Brooklyn, but drought conditions persist
A little fall of rain on Sunday wasn't enough to end the drought in New York City, though conditions in Brooklyn have ...
Ranger dies in brush fire as dangerous wildfires cause bad air quality in the tri-state region
Firefighters responded to a 2,000-acre forest fire near the Greenwood Lake Turnpike along state lines in Orange County when a ...