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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 ...
An 18-year-old New York state parks worker and high-school baseball star died fighting a large wildfire in Orange County over the weekend, officials said.
A New York forest ranger responding to the wildfire was killed when a tree fell on him, Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus said in a video on social media. Eastern Dutchess County Fire and ...
Following multiple wildfires in Prospect Park, mayor Eric Adams banned all grilling in New York City on November 9. [11] That weekend, the Jackson Creek wildfire expanded into Orange County, New York and an 18-year old firefighter was killed trying to put out the fire. The wildfire also led to businesses and roads being closed. [12]
An 18-year-old New York State Forest Ranger volunteer and state employee died Saturday while responding to a wildfire near the New York-New Jersey border that sent smoke drifting across New York ...
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New England's Dark Day occurred on May 19, 1780, when an unusual darkening of the daytime sky was observed over the New England states [1] and parts of eastern Canada. [2] The primary cause of the event is believed to have been a combination of smoke from forest fires , [ 3 ] a thick fog , and cloud cover.
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 ...