{"id":127110,"date":"2024-11-18T03:06:54","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T20:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=127110"},"modified":"2024-11-18T03:06:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T20:06:54","slug":"wildfire-threat-remains-in-place-for-much-of-us-northeast-as-dry-conditions-persist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=127110","title":{"rendered":"Wildfire threat remains in place for much of US Northeast as dry conditions persist"},"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-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Firefighters in New York said Sunday that a successful voluntary evacuation overnight helped them protect about 165 homes near the New Jersey border <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/wildfires\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:from a wildfire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">from a wildfire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">However, New York City\u2019s fire department has taken the first-of-its-kind step of creating a brush fire task force to respond to what officials are calling a historic increase in brush fires occurring throughout the five boroughs, the FDNY commissioner announced. From Nov. 1 to Nov. 14, the FDNY responded to 271 brush fires across the city, marking the highest two-week period in New York\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">\u201cDue to a significant lack of rainfall, the threat of fast-spreading brush fires fueled by dry vegetation and windy conditions have resulted in an historic increase of brush fires throughout New York City,\u201d Commissioner Robert S. Tucker said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Windy conditions renewed a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/wildfires\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:wildfire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">wildfire<\/a> Saturday that escaped a containment line and prompted emergency officials to enact a voluntary evacuation plan for a community near the New York-New Jersey border.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The evacuation enacted out of \u201can abundance of caution\u201d impacted about 165 houses in Warwick, New York, as firefighters continued working to tame the Jennings Creek blaze, New York Parks Department spokesman Jeff Wernick said in an email Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Firefighters\u2019 efforts were successful and no structures were in danger as of early Sunday afternoon, Wernick said in a later email. The voluntary evacuation will remain in place at least until Monday, allowing firefighters to continue their work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The evacuation came as communities in the Northeast and around the country dealt with a surge in late fall fires.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">New England states were under red flag alerts for wildfires this weekend. The National Interagency Fire Center said fires in California, North Carolina and West Virginia were also concerning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The New York City task force will be made up of fire marshals, fire inspectors, and tactical drone units in an effort to ensure rapid responses to brush fires and to help with investigations to determine their cause.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">On Friday, the wildfire was 90% <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wildfire-terms-contained-acc21dd0f6824df715caff1e46918eda\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:contained;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">contained<\/a> on the Passaic County, New Jersey, side of the border, and about 70% contained in Orange County, New York, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The wildfire had burned 7 1\/2 square miles (19.4 square kilometers) <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wildfires-forest-fires-rainfall-dry-conditions-9f449c4e485d11bac555ad9088ea0caa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:across the two states;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">across the two states<\/a> as of Friday, On Saturday, Wernick said New York Army National Guard helicopters dropped 21,000 gallons (79,493 liters) of water and a New York State Police helicopter dropped nearly 900 gallons (3,406 liters).<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The fire was burning primarily in Sterling Forest State Park, where the visitor center, the lakefront area at Greenwood Lake and historic furnace area remained open but woodland activities including hunting were halted, Wernick said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The blaze <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/new-jersey-new-york-fires-2ecc0fa526dc9fe71870f7e6f9b0e5be\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:claimed the life;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">claimed the life<\/a> of an 18-year-old New York parks employee who died when a tree fell on him as he helped fight the fire in Sterling Forest on Nov. 9. The fire&#8217;s cause remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">In Massachusetts, which typically has about 15 wildland fires every October, there were about 200 this year. State officials said they were expected to continue because of weather conditions and dry surface fuels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The National Weather Service in Boston warned Sunday that elevated fire risk continued across southern New England, given the continued gusty winds and dry conditions. Much-needed rain was predicted for Thursday in the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Southern New Hampshire was also at risk for fires due to dry conditions and the fire danger risk was \u201cvery high,\u201d state officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The Maine Forest Service said the southern part of the state also faced high fire danger conditions. Most of the state was abnormally dry or facing moderate drought conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Some relief could be in sight in New York. The National Weather Service in Albany, New York, said Sunday that most of the region could see a \u201cwidespread soaking rain\u201d of 0.5 to 1.5 inches beginning Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<\/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.yahoo.com\/news\/renewed-wildfire-escapes-containment-prompts-064926834.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firefighters in New York said Sunday that a successful voluntary evacuation overnight helped them protect about 165 homes near the New Jersey border from a wildfire. 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