Drought-related brush fire destroys 4 acres of Manhattan's …
9 hours ago · 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 ...
Brush Fires in Manhattan as Northeast Drought Worsens
5 hours ago · 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, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Staten ...
Inwood Hill Park fire: FDNY battles large brush fire, dangerous ...
14 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 ...
Brush Fire Under Control in Inwood Hill Park in Manhattan
1 day ago · David Dee Delgado for The New York Times. A brush fire that broke out in Inwood Hill Park at the northern tip of Manhattan on Wednesday, just days after fires in wooded areas of Brooklyn, the ...
NYC firefighters battle record number of brush fires across city
7 hours ago · From 2020 until August 2024, the Fire Department of New York responded to more than 400 fires in city parks, according to the Gothamist, an online news outlet run by New York Public Radio. Nearly ...
Firefighters battle stubborn wildfires in Queens and Manhattan
22 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 ...
FDNY battles large brush fire in Inwood Hill Park in Manhattan
1 day ago · Two fires reportedly ignited around 3 p.m. and spread rapidly across a large area of brush, sending a smoke blanket moving over Manhattan toward the George Washington Bridge.
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 contains 4-acre fire in Manhattan’s Inwood Hill Park
13 hours ago · There have been more than 230 brush fires in New York City since Oct. 29, according to data the FDNY released on Wednesday morning — the highest number in a two-week period in city history. The ...
Jennings Creek fire 50% contained; brush fires erupt in Manhattan
1 day ago · Two brush fires in Manhattan park. ... News media reports citing FDNY sources said there were two brush fires in the 196-acre park Wednesday, but the first one was extinguished at about 4 p.m.