The record-breaking statistics come as several Northeast states battle extremely dry conditions and multiple wildfires.
New York City has had over 230 brush fires since Oct. 29, after its driest month since record-keeping began in 1869.
The New York City fire department has responded to 229 brush fires from October 29 to Nov. 12, a record for any two-week period.
Meanwhile, the New York City Fire Department was on the scene of a three-alarm brush fire Thursday in the most ...
The fire, in Inwood Hill Park at the northern tip of Manhattan, followed brush fires that burned in Brooklyn, the Bronx and ...
New York and the Northeast are in the midst of their worst fire season in more than a decade, with little relief in sight for ...
Brush fire reaches three alarms in New York City, the New York City Fire Department reports that no one was injured ...