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NYC-area residents slammed with more smoke from wildfire when flames breach containment line overnight

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NYC-area residents slammed with more smoke from wildfire when flames breach containment line overnight

Metro-area residents woke up to more smoke again Sunday as a wildfire jumped a containment line overnight along the New York-New Jersey border, sparking additional evacuations. The smoke was wafting down from the stubborn Jennings Creek blaze, which so far has consumed more than 5,000 acres of forest straddling the two states. The wildfire gained … Read more

Ranger perishes in Orange County brush fire as dangerous wildfires continue to wreak havoc on tri-state region

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Ranger perishes in Orange County brush fire as dangerous wildfires continue to wreak havoc on tri-state region

A forest ranger died battling a brush fire along the New York-New Jersey border Saturday night – as dangerous wildfires continued to cause bad air quality across the tri-state region amid a historic drought.  Firefighters responded to a 2,000-acre forest fire near the Greenwood Lake Turnpike along state lines in Orange County when a tree … Read more