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At least three wildfires have impacted the area in the last three weeks, including the ongoing Jennings Creek fire in Sterling Forest. Track the wildfires now. Wildfire map: Track the latest ...
Fifteen active wildfires burned across New York state Monday totaling roughly 2,500 acres, with the largest in Ulster and Orange counties. Captain Scott Jackson, a Fire Management Officer for the ...
The fire has claimed one victim, 18-year-old Dariel Vasquez, a New York state parks worker who was helping battle the blaze when a tree fell on him and killed him, authorities said.
One of the largest wildfires was the Chimney Tops 2 Fire, which burned more than 10,000 acres, and closed the Chimney Tops Trail. [11] The Great Smoky Mountains wildfires were the deadliest wildfires in Tennessee, [12] as well as the deadliest wildfires in the eastern U.S. since the Great Fires of 1947, which killed 16 people in Maine.
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.
The fire began near Oroville, Washington, at about 2:00 pm PT on July 29, 2023. [1] [2] As of August 8, 2023 the fire burned a total of 34,049 acres (13,779 ha) between Canadian and US soil. [3] The cause of the fire is still unknown and under an active investigation. [1] [3]
The Jennings Creek Wildfire continues to rage in New Jersey and New York Wednesday morning, extending firefighting efforts into a sixth day.. As of Wednesday morning, the most recent update from ...
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 ...