NEW YORK-- A brush fire at Inwood Hill Park in Upper Manhattan broke out again overnight, but firefighters had it back under control before daybreak. The FDNY said reports of smoke and flames came in just after 2:30 p.m. Wednesday from a large area inside ...

The fire, in Inwood Hill Park at the northern tip of Manhattan, followed brush fires that burned in Brooklyn, the Bronx and New Jersey over the past week.

A severe drought in the Northeast, that isn't expected to lessen up soon, has caused an "unprecedented number of brush fires" according to the FDNY.