Nearly four dozen firefighters were deployed to battle a brush fire in the Inwood section of Manhattan on Wednesday.
Parks department data shows firefighters responded to more than 400 fires in city parks between 2020 and August 2024.
As of Tuesday, the FDNY has responded to 229 brush fires across the five boroughs, Fire Commissioner Robert Tucker said.
Forest fires in New York City are nearly unprecedented. None have been recorded in Prospect Park in recent history, and while ...
A brush fire broke out at Alley Pond Park in Queens Wednesday evening. The fire was first reported around 6:45 p.m., ...
A volunteer firefighter was arrested and charged after allegedly setting a brush fire on Long Island, New York, on Tuesday.
A historic lack of rain. Dozens of brush fires, including one Wednesday in Inwood Hill Park. Rail disruptions fueled by a ...
A two-alarm brush fire blazed in Inwood Hill Park in Upper Manhattan on Wednesday afternoon, hours after the FDNY reported it ...
Amid a historic drought, the Fire Department of New York City (FDNY) has reported an unprecedented spike in brush fires ...