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A forest ranger died battling a brush fire along the New York-New Jersey border Saturday night - as dangerous wildfires continue to wreak havoc across the tri-state region amid a historic drought.
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 ...
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 ...
The incident was the deadliest wildland firefighting disaster in the US since the 1994 South Canyon Fire in Colorado, which killed 14 firefighters. [30] The Thirtymile Fire went on to burn an area of 9,324 acres (38 km 2) before it was declared fully contained on July 23. Over 1,000 firefighters were brought in to fight the fire.
The Yarnell Hill Fire was a wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona, ignited by dry lightning on June 28, 2013. On June 30, it overran and killed 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a group of firefighters within the Prescott Fire Department. Just one of the hotshots on the crew survived (Brendan Mcdonough)—he was posted as a lookout on the ...
Below is a list of the deadliest firefighter disasters in the United States, in which more than five firefighters died. "Firefighter" is defined as a professional trained to fight fires. Hence the 1933 Griffith Park fire is excluded, as it killed 29 untrained civilians.
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.
By 5:00 pm PDT, the Doe Fire in Glenn County 35 miles (56 km) north of Willows had grown to 100 acres (40 ha), and firefighters had arrived on the scene. Most of the fires were on the Grindstone Ranger District with one on the Covelo Ranger District, ranging in size from 0.5 to 15 acres (0.20 to 6.07 ha). [11]