The Big apple’s burning! New York City Hit By Wildfire As Drought wreaks havoc
Traditionally, America’s largest wildfires have been near Los Angeles and inland in California and Oregon, often burning hundreds of thousands of acres. And recently, large wildfires moved to Texas as the Smokehouse Creek fire burned over a million acres in February.
Today, a drought across the northeast is causing wildfires in Connecticut and Massachusetts — and now the conflagrations have moved to New York City, with part of Prospect Park in Brooklyn going up in flames.
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According to The New York Daily News, “A brush fire ignited in Prospect Park Friday evening, amid an ongoing drought across the city. Fanned by strong winds, the fire rose to two alarms as the blaze spread across a two-acre swath of the wooded area of the Nethermead near the center of the park around 6:40 p.m. More than 100 firefighters, including special brush fire units, fought the fire for nearly three hours as FDNY drone operators sought out hot spots overhead.”
Building Protection
To some extent, the Prospect Park fire is contained because buildings, not trees and brush, surround it. However, it does bring home that New York City has not had rain for 39 days, which is a record.
Across the country in Mabilbu, wildfires are burning north of Los Angeles, fed by 80 mph wind gusts. However, these fires are not unusual — in NYC, they are. Also unusual is that over 100 fires have been reported in nearby Connecticut
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