Hundreds of firefighters overcame adverse conditions to make substantial gains in controlling the Jennings Creek Wildfire on the New York/New Jersey border Wednesday, when two other brush fires ignited in a Manhattan park. The Jennings Creek fire is 50% ...

No injuries have been reported. The cause is still under investigation. NYC sees record number of brush fires Tucker said the fire department has responded to more than 229 brush fires since Oct. 29, the highest amount in a two-week period in the city's ...

At least two brush fires broke out at an upper Manhattan park, FDNY officials said, one of which was not yet under control as of Wednesday evening.