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FDNY Brooklyn Borough Commander Joe Duggan said the fire was in an "extremely inaccessible," hilly area with dense brush. #FDNY units are operating at a brush fire in Prospect Park in Brooklyn ...
Population growth in metros with people in areas of high wildfire risk increased by roughly 70% between 1990 and 2020 whereas the population in the average American metro area increased by about 40%.
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 ...
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 Boteler Fire in Clay County began October 25 and burned 3,600 hectares (8,900 acres). [ 9 ] The Party Rock Fire, which McCrory called number two in the country, began November 5 and burned 2,900 hectares (7,200 acres), resulting in the evacuation of 1,000 people in the areas of Bat Cave , Chimney Rock and Lake Lure .
New Jersey Forest Fire Service members spray down the scorched earth on East Shore Road while monitoring the West Milford Jennings Creek wildfire in West Milford on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024.
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]