Brush Fire in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Burns 2 Acres
About 100 firefighters were called to put out a two-acre brush fire in a heavily wooded section of Prospect Park in Brooklyn on Friday night, prompting officials to warn residents to stay away as they used drones to identify hot spots.
Brush fire burns in Manhattan, the latest of several blazes in the region
The Inwood Hill Park fire is the latest in an unusually high number of fires in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut amid dry conditions and gusty winds.
Drought-related brush fire destroys 4 acres of Manhattan’s Inwood Hill Park
A massive brush fire exacerbated by the city’s ongoing drought destroyed about four acres of Manhattan’s Inwood Hill Park, FDNY officials said Thursday. The raging blaze, which began about 3 p.m. Wednesday,
Brush Fire Under Control in Inwood Hill Park in Manhattan
The blaze in the park, at the northern tip of Manhattan, followed brush fires that burned in Brooklyn, the Bronx and New Jersey over the past week.
Multiple brush fires break out at Inwood Hill Park in Manhattan
At least two brush fires broke out at an upper Manhattan park, FDNY officials said, one of which was not yet under control as of Wednesday evening.
FDNY battles brush fire, dangerous conditions, in Upper Manhattan park
The fire ignited and spread rapidly across a large area of brush inside the park on Wednesday, and another fire in the park started around 2 a.m. Thursday.
Brush fire erupts in Brooklyn's iconic Prospect Park amid prolonged drought
On Friday night, flames could be seen piercing through trees in the 526-acre New York City park in the middle of the borough.
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Large brush fire in Brooklyn's Prospect Park under control: FDNY
Firefighters managed to contain a large brush fire in Brooklyn's Prospect Park Friday night, officials with the New York ...
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 ...
Brush fire in Brooklyn's Prospect Park extinguished, FDNY says
FDNY crews in Brooklyn's Prospect Park are monitoring for hot spots after battling a brush fire that consumed approximately ...
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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 ...
Cars engulfed in massive fire at NYPD Brooklyn tow pound
The fire broke out inside the Erie Basin Auto Pound on Columbia St. in Red Hook at about 12:45 p.m. and sent thick black ...
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Firefighters battling brush fire in Brooklyn's Prospect Park
NEW YORK — Firefighters are working to knock down a brush fire Brooklyn's Prospect Park. The fire was reported just ...
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A makeshift goldfish pond beneath a leaky Brooklyn fire hydrant is reborn in a tree bed
A makeshift aquarium built beneath a leaky New York City fire hydrant has been revived. Industrious Brooklynites have taken ...
Brush fire ignites in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park amid ongoing drought
Firefighters rushed to battle the blaze that erupted in a wooded area of the Nethermeads located near the center of the park ...
Vagrants may have accidentally started NYC’s Prospect Park fire: sources
Homeless people camped out in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park might have started the weekend blaze that torched two wooded acres in ...