{"id":125067,"date":"2024-11-12T19:05:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T12:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125067"},"modified":"2024-11-12T19:05:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T12:05:45","slug":"fire-crews-on-both-us-coasts-battle-wildfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125067","title":{"rendered":"Fire crews on both US coasts battle wildfires"},"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>\n<p>RINGWOOD, N.J. (AP) \u2014 Fire crews battled small wildfires across the Northeast U.S. on Monday, including a blaze in New York and New Jersey that killed a parks <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/new-jersey-new-york-fires-2ecc0fa526dc9fe71870f7e6f9b0e5be\">employee over the weekend<\/a><\/span> and postponed Veterans Day plans. <\/p>\n<p>A quarter-inch of rain fell overnight from Sunday into Monday in a forest area straddling the border between the two states, giving a slight respite to firefighters.<\/p>\n<p>The fire is one of several burning on the East Coast amid a lack of much rainfall since September. An employee of the New York State Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation Department who was assisting firefighting crews died Saturday when he was hit by a falling tree.<\/p>\n<p>The East Coast fires were burning as much larger wildfires raged in California.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/california-mountain-fire-winds-structures-destroyed-7624cdb95885d026892c0f58b42a3e57\">continued making progress<\/a><\/span> against a wildfire northwest of Los Angeles in Ventura County that broke out Wednesday and <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/california-mountain-fire-winds-structures-destroyed-2a5d282ccddfa82733f46842a22599a7\">quickly exploded in size<\/a><\/span> due to dry, warm and gusty Santa Ana winds. <\/p>\n<div class=\"AudioEnhancement\" data-separate-event=\"audioModule\" data-separate-value=\"AP AUDIO: Fire crews on both US coasts battle wildfires, 1 dead; Veterans Day ceremony postponed\" data-module=\"\" data-gtm-region=\"AP AUDIO: Fire crews on both US coasts battle wildfires, 1 dead; Veterans Day ceremony postponed\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"ap-audio-fire-crews-on-both-us-coasts-battle-wildfires-1-dead-veterans-day-ceremony-postponed\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"AudioEnhancement-description\">AP correspondent Julie Walker reports wildfires rage on both U.S. coasts with one person dead, while a Veterans Day ceremony is postponed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Mountain Fire in Ventura County prompted <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/california-mountain-fire-winds-structures-destroyed-f526521a2e1427aa228cad771037bd56\">thousands of residents to flee their homes<\/a><\/span> and was 41% contained as of Monday. The fire\u2019s size remains around 32 square miles (about 83 square kilometers). The Mountain Fire has destroyed more than 192 structures and damaged 82, most of them homes, officials said. The cause is under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>In neighboring Nevada, authorities ordered the evacuation of hundreds of homes southwest of Reno and closed the main highway to Lake Tahoe after a wind-whipped wildfire <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wildfire-nevada-reno-evacuations-callahan-12077f88c48215e8b59a20259f3bc848\">erupted Monday<\/a><\/span> and spread quickly through mountainside vegetation. <\/p>\n<p>About 3,000 people were told to leave, said Adam Mayberry, spokesperson for the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District. Rain began to fall as local, state and federal crews arrived to battle the blaze, Mayberry said.<\/p>\n<p>Across the country on the New Jersey and New York border, crews worked to contain the the 4.7-square-mile (about 12.2 square-kilometer) fire dubbed the Jennings Creek Wildfire, although no evacuations had been ordered, according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the overnight rainfall was far less than what was needed to extinguish numerous brush fires that have broken out around New Jersey since the middle of last week. At least four other wildfires in central to northern New Jersey were mostly or completely contained as of Monday. <\/p>\n<p>In order to find and fight the fires, crews are navigating a maze of country roads, lakes and steep hills amid dense forests. Trees there have dropped most of their leaves onto parched ground, masking a potential danger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeneath the surface leaf litter that falls off the trees, that stuff is bone dry,\u201d Bryan Gallagher, a forest ranger with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, said at a media briefing. \u201cSo right now you get a little bit of rain that puts that surface fire out. But if it\u2019s in the duff it\u2019s going to stay there. It\u2019s going to smolder like a cigar until it gets dry enough and then that fire can pop up again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A firefighting helicopter capable of dropping 350 gallons (1,325 liters) at a time was being used to help combat the Jennings Creek fire. The National Guard deployed two Black Hawk helicopters for water drops, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said. <\/p>\n<p>In West Milford, New Jersey, a Veterans Day ceremony was postponed to later in the month because of the firefighting effort, said Rudy Hass, the local Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. commander. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of those personnel currently engaged with the fires are veterans themselves, and right now we need to keep them in our thoughts as they spend many hours, day and night, doing all they can in order protect our great communities in that area,\u201d he posted online. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, New York State Police said they were investigating the death of Dariel Vasquez, the 18-year-old state parks employee killed Saturday while fighting a fire near New York state\u2019s Greenwood Lake.<\/p>\n<p>Health advisories were issued over the weekend for parts of New York, including New York City, and northeastern New Jersey due to unhealthy air quality produced by smoke from the fires, but conditions improved after the rainfall and changes in wind direction.<\/p>\n<p>Dana Van Allen, of Ringwood, New Jersey, said she awoke early Saturday to what smelled like a burning campfire. She realized the fires were close enough to leave ashes on her deck.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was very stifling. We were very scared,\u201d she recalled Monday.<\/p>\n<p>In Massachusetts, one wildfire among several fueled by powerful wind gusts and dry leaves has burned around 400 acres (162 hectares) in the Lynn Woods Reservation, a municipal park extending across about 3.4 square miles (8.8 square kilometers) in the city some 10 miles (16 kilometers) north of Boston. <\/p>\n<p>The Lynn Fire Department cited \u201ca dry spell we have not seen during this time of year in many years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe we have the fire contained using the main fire roads. We will maintain a presence to ensure the fire doesn\u2019t spread further,\u201d Lynn Fire Chief Dan Sullivan said in a statement late Sunday. <\/p>\n<p>The Northeast has been experiencing prolonged dry conditions. In New Jersey, the state Department of Environmental Protection is planning a hearing on Tuesday to review its water supply conditions. Before Sunday night, the last measurable rainfall in New Jersey occurred Sept. 28.<\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>Ken Ritter contributed to this report from Nevada<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><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:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/new-jersey-new-york-california-fires-3fd470f223d189848f3aa1802e21fe28\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RINGWOOD, N.J. 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