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| Brush fire breaks out in Brooklyn's Prospect Park as Northeast drought continues |
The New York City Fire Department posted about the fire on X at around 8 p.m. Shortly after, it said units were using drone technology to find hot spots.
"The fire's under control, and there are some hotter spots," FDNY Commissioner Robert S. Tucker said at a news conference.
Firefighters would be at Prospect Park all night to ensure the fire is contained and that no fires break out from embers carried on the wind, Tucker said.
The fire was in an “extremely dense” part of Prospect Park on a hill, and there were no structures nearby to be threatened, he said.
The cause of the fire is under investigation. NBC New York reported there were no injures.
“Daylight will help us figure out the cause and origin of this fire,” Tucker said.
#FDNY units are operating at a brush fire in Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Operations are ongoing. pic.twitter.com/15QclbBXov
— FDNY (@FDNY) November 9, 2024
The fire highlights the danger from the drought, and officials thanked the person who spotted the fire and called it in to authorities.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said in an X post Friday that his office was monitoring the fire and the FDNY, NYC Emergency Management and NYC Department of Parks and Recreation were on the scene.
The latest blaze comes amid a weekslong drought in the Northeast, brought on by dry and unseasonably warm conditions. A number of fires have broken out in New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts, and windy conditions are heightening the fire risk in the region.
On Thursday, "temperatures soared to well above normal readings," the National Weather Service office in New York said. A cool down forecast to begin late Friday was expected to bring temperatures down to "right around normal" Saturday.
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