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[149] [180] [185] Schools across New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut announced closures. [180] All bridges connecting Staten Island to New Jersey had their speed limits reduced to 30 mph (48 km/h) due to low visibility from the wildfire smoke. [186]
Warren Grove Fire: New Jersey: Forest fire in the New Jersey Pine Barrens caused by a flare from an F-16 jet. Destroyed 4 homes, damaged 53 homes, injured 2. [49] 2007: 363,052 acres (146,922 ha) Milford Flat Fire: Utah: Largest fire on record in Utah. 2007: 653,100 acres (264,300 ha) Murphy Complex Fire: Idaho and Nevada: 2007
Discarded cigarette butts and piles of burning yard waste are two of the most common culprits of human-caused wildfires.
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 ...
The New Jersey Forest Fire Service reported just before 3:30 p.m. Saturday that the fire had spread across 164 acres and was 50% contained. The service says the flames are threatening 55 ...
[37] [38] On July 22, lightning struck over 20,000 times in the province, mostly in the northern regions, and sparked over 70 new fires. [39] The Antler Creek fire in the Cariboo Region grew rapidly overnight on July 22, forcing the evacuations of about 300 residents and 700 tourists from Wells, Barkerville, Bowron Lake, and nearby areas. [40]
Forest Ranger Jeremy Oldroyd, of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, said New York fire crews have battled 60 wildfires since Oct. 1, and they have burned 2,100 acres ...
Over two hundred fires were ablaze across British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. [1] Tens of thousand of people had been evacuated and more than 1,900,000 hectares (4,700,000 acres) of forest had burned. [2] Fire-fighters from Mexico, [3] Western Australia, [2] and New Zealand were sent to assist. [3] The Canadian military also fought the ...