A massive brush fire exacerbated by the city’s ongoing drought destroyed about 4 acres of Manhattan’s Inwood Hill Park, FDNY officials said Thursday. The raging blaze, which began at about 3 p.m.
One day after Gov. Kathy Hochul issued a statewide ban on outdoor burning through the end of the month, FDNY Fire Commissioner Robert S. Tucker reminded New Yorkers to be aware of the threat of brush ...
A 2-acre brush fire broke out in Prospect Park on Friday night amid a lengthy drought and windy conditions that have led to ...
A two-alarm brush fire erupted at Alley Pond Park on Wednesday, Nov. 13, highlighting a concerning trend of increasing ...
Neighbors and visitors to parks in New York City are watching the grounds and scanning the skies.  Where there’s smoke, there are firefighters.  The FDNY reported ...
This all comes as New York City deals with a historic streak of dry weather. The city is also reminding New Yorkers to cut ...
The FDNY responded to 229 brush fires in the five boroughs from Oct. 29 to Tuesday, the most in a two-week period in recorded ...
Amid a historic drought, the Fire Department of New York City (FDNY) has reported an unprecedented spike in brush fires ...
New York City’s ongoing drought has sparked a record 229 brush fires in just the last two weeks, FDNY officials said ...
The record-breaking statistics come as several Northeast states battle extremely dry conditions and multiple wildfires.