{"id":123830,"date":"2024-11-09T11:34:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T04:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123830"},"modified":"2024-11-09T11:34:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T04:34:02","slug":"brush-fire-in-brooklyns-prospect-park-may-burn-all-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123830","title":{"rendered":"Brush Fire in Brooklyn\u2019s Prospect Park May Burn All Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">About 100 firefighters were working to put out a brush fire in a heavily wooded section of Prospect Park in Brooklyn on Friday night, prompting officials to warn residents to stay away as they <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FDNY\/status\/1855055434626806217\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">used drones to identify hot spots<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cEvery time the wind gusts up, we get an ember that creates more fire,\u201d said Robert S. Tucker, the Fire Department\u2019s commissioner. \u201cThis is going to be a long night, and we\u2019re going to be in here until the morning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Fire Department first received calls about the fire, in the Nethermead area southeast of the dog beach, around 6:40 p.m. No injuries had been reported as of 9:15 p.m., a spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The department has not determined what caused the fire, but fire marshals will investigate once it is contained, he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Officials warned residents to stay away from the park and to close their windows because of the smoke. Commissioner Tucker said it was too difficult to evacuate the park because it was dark and firefighters were moving emergency equipment around, creating a risk that someone would be hurt inadvertently.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mayor Eric Adams said in <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NYCMayor\/status\/1855071808929603610\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a post on X<\/a> that the city was under a red flag warning for fire risk on Friday night because of dry conditions and strong winds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe urge all New Yorkers to stay vigilant and call 911 if they see a fire,\u201d he said. \u201cAny fire that sparks will catch and spread quickly in these conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Zachary Iscol, the city\u2019s commissioner of emergency management, said New York City had been seeing an uptick in brush fires, which should be taken seriously because there had been so little rain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">New York City was put under a drought watch on Nov. 2. Mr. Iscol said he expected that a drought warning, a higher level of caution, was coming next, given that weather experts were anticipating a dry November and December in the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThis is something that we need to get ahead of,\u201d he said, urging New Yorkers to conserve water.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/08\/nyregion\/prospect-park-fire.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About 100 firefighters were working to put out a brush fire in a heavily wooded section of Prospect Park in Brooklyn on Friday night, prompting officials to warn residents to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123830\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=123830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123830\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=123830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=123830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=123830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}