Firefighters across Tri-State Area battle brush fires amid dry, windy conditions 05:47. NEW YORK — New York City firefighters were looking for hot spots overnight in Brooklyn's Prospect Park ...

Forty firefighters responded to a blaze near the LeFrak ice skating rink at about 2:40 p.m. and put out the flames by 3:22 p.m. An earlier fire nearby burned a 2-acre wooded area.

A brush fire broke out in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park on Friday night amid a stretch of historically dry weather, officials said. More than 100 firefighters responded to the two-acre blaze ...

A 2-acre brush fire broke out in Prospect Park on Friday night amid a lengthy drought and windy conditions that have led to red flag warnings for nearly the entire tri-state area.

Brush fire erupts in Brooklyn's iconic Prospect Park amid prolonged drought. Eduardo Cuevas. USA TODAY. ... “It’s 70 degrees in November, and Prospect Park is burning,” he said.

The city is under a red flag warning due to "critical fire weather conditions." Firefighters managed to contain a large brush fire in Brooklyn's Prospect Park Friday night, officials with the New ...

About 100 firefighters were called to put out a two-acre brush fire in a heavily wooded section of Prospect Park in Brooklyn on Friday night, prompting officials to warn residents to stay away as ...

The park has hosted New Year’s Eve fireworks for 44 years. File photo courtesy of Prospect Park Alliance/Andrew Gardner. Prospect Park has welcomed the new year with midnight fireworks for 44 years.