New York is battling its largest wildfire in 16 years, with firefighters now containing about 90% of the affected areas.
A team of FDNY fire marshals, drone operators and others will help coordinate and investigate brush fires in New York City.
FDNY crews rushed to the scene, made their way to the workers and rescued them. They are safe. No further details have been provided.
The task force, which will include fire marshals, fire protection inspectors and tactical drone units, will focus on rapid ...
The parks provide refuge for residents of a go-go-go city. But they also make the area more prone to brush fires during ...
Firefighters battled a bushfire in Manhattan’s Inwood Hill Park through the night Wednesday as two additional blazes ignited at other city parks amid a record-shattering dry spell in the Big Apple.
A massive brush fire exacerbated by the city’s ongoing drought destroyed about 4 acres of Manhattan’s Inwood Hill Park, FDNY officials said Thursday. The raging blaze, which began at about 3 p ...
Meanwhile in Queens, FDNY crews battled another brush fire that broke out at Alley Pond Park around 6:45 p.m. It went to a second alarm around 8:20 p.m., and was placed under control around 9:40 p ...
NewsCopter 7 was above the building, located at 100 Wall St., where two window washers got stuck on scaffolding about 30 ...
New York City’s ongoing drought has sparked a record 215 brush fires in just the past two weeks, FDNY officials said Wednesday. The number of brush fires this year was significantly higher than ...