{"id":125932,"date":"2024-11-15T01:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T18:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125932"},"modified":"2024-11-15T01:00:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T18:00:53","slug":"brush-fire-burns-in-manhattan-the-latest-of-several-blazes-in-the-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125932","title":{"rendered":"Brush Fire Burns in Manhattan, the Latest of Several Blazes in the Region"},"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\">Dozens of firefighters were battling a brush fire in Inwood Hill Park at the northern tip of Manhattan on Wednesday, just days after fires in wooded areas <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/09\/nyregion\/fire-smoke-nj-prospect-park-brooklyn.html\" title=\"\">of Brooklyn, the Bronx and New Jersey spread smoke<\/a> across New York City.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Some 60 emergency responders, along with drones and specialized marine and brush fire units, were deployed to the park, as the flames spread across a wide swath of land.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A fire chief at the scene said it was unclear what started the fire, although the cause did not appear to be suspicious.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Fire Department first received a call about the fire around 2:30 p.m., the department said. Not long after, large clouds of orange and yellow smoke ascended into the sky from the woods, and officials urged residents nearby to close their windows and to avoid the area.<\/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\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MarkLevineNYC\/status\/1856788025520406921\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">A video<\/a> of the fire posted on X by Mark Levine, the Manhattan borough president, showed zigzags of burning leaves among staircases and trees in the park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Inwood Hill Park fire is the latest in an unusually high number of brush fires and wildfires to erupt <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/12\/nyregion\/jennings-creek-wildfire-nj-ny-wind.html\" title=\"\">in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut<\/a>, as the region contends with unseasonably dry conditions and gusty winds. Robert S. Tucker, New York City\u2019s fire commissioner, said the department had responded to more than 225 brush fires since Oct. 29.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Gov. Kathy Hochul said on Tuesday that the state was under a burn ban, prohibiting outdoor fires and grilling. The governor urged New Yorkers to conserve water, emphasizing that last month was one of the \u201cdriest Octobers\u201d on record.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Lilith Ben-Or, 35, who works as a dog walker, said she was on a walk near the park when the thick smoke and the sound of helicopters overhead started to give her a headache.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Ben-Or, a lifelong Inwood resident, described the park as a special place for local residents. She said she recalled seeing fires in the area as a child but never one like this.<\/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\">\u201cThis is so much bigger. It\u2019s just hard to imagine what it is going to be like to get back into the park when this stops,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nycgovparks.org\/greening\/natural-resources-group\/the-country-in-the-city\/inwood-hill-park\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Inwood Hill Park<\/a>, overlooking the confluence of the Hudson and Harlem Rivers, is home to 100 acres of woodlands, a salt marsh and some of the last native forests in Manhattan, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oldgrowthforest.net\/ny-shorakapok-preserve-inwood-hill-park\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">including the Shorakapok Preserve<\/a>. The woodlands are known for wildflowers and for century-old red oak and tulip trees that stand up to 90 feet tall, and attract more than 150 bird species such as hairy woodpeckers and black-capped chickadees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Julio N\u00fa\u00f1ez, 67, said he and his wife had smelled the smoke from their apartment eight blocks away. He has lived in the neighborhood for 40 years, he said, and takes walks in the park every day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThis is so devastating,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cI\u2019m going to go home and cry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Eryn Davis<!-- --> contributed reporting.<\/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\/13\/nyregion\/inwood-hill-park-fire-nyc.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of firefighters were battling a brush fire in Inwood Hill Park at the northern tip of Manhattan on Wednesday, just days after fires in wooded areas of Brooklyn, the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125932\" 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-125932","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\/125932","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=125932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125932\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}