New York Is Facing Its Worst Wildfire Season in More Than a Decade
- Fires stopped trains, clouded Manhattan and closed schools
- With minimal rain expected, there’s little relief in sight
A New York City Fire Department boat works to put out a brush fire in Inwood Hill Park in Manhattan, New York, on Nov. 13.
Photographer: Bryan R. Smith/AFP/Getty ImagesNew York and the Northeast are in the midst of their worst fire season in more than a decade, with little relief in sight for weeks as drought and high winds threaten to raise the threat again by Friday.
Several blazes have broken out in New York in the past few days, a rare sight this late in the year. Amtrak shut service on its rail line between Connecticut and New York earlier in the week due to a brush fire near the tracks. Fires also erupted in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park and Manhattan’s Inwood Hill Park, while schools were closed northwest of the city on Thursday and Friday because of blazes near Greenwood Lake, New York.