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Of the 15 wildfires currently burning across New York state, the two largest are in Ulster and Orange counties, state officials said Monday. Wildfire updates in Ulster, Orange, Dutchess counties ...
The wildfires also led to poor air quality across the region, with the air quality index reaching 201 in New York City late on November 9. [13] While light rain fell in New Jersey from November 10 to 11th, including up to 0.23 in (5.8 mm) in Trenton and 0.19 in (4.8 mm) in Newark , the rain failed to provide much relief for the wildfires.
That night, a six-alarm fire arose at 173 Ocean Avenue. Local volunteer firefighters were trapped in place for several hours due to the flooding. Once the waters receded, the Rockaway Point Fire Department rescued more than 41 civilians, while the New York City, Point Breeze, and Roxbury Fire Departments found 130 homes burned to the ground.
Recent brush fires in Manhattan’s Inwood Hill Park and Brooklyn’s Prospect Park have drawn attention to the marked increase in those incidents this year in New York City, whose fire department ...
Winds expand Jennings Creek fire, but progress made. The rain helped firefighters gain some control over the Jennings Creek Wildfire along the New Jersey-New York border, which had engulfed 3,500 ...
The Rockaway Peninsula, commonly referred to as The Rockaways or Rockaway, is a peninsula at the southern edge of the New York City borough of Queens on Long Island, New York. Relatively isolated from Manhattan and other more urban parts of the city, Rockaway became a popular summer retreat in the 1830s.
Two brush fires in Manhattan park. A two-alarm fire was burning a large portion of brush at Inwood Hill Park at the north end of Manhattan, the Fire Department of New York City said Wednesday evening.
The Fairview fire, which has killed two people, has burned nearly 20,000 acres and remained 5% contained late Wednesday night. Deadly wildfire near Hemet doubles in size, closes in on 20,000 acres ...