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Wildfires latest: NYS Parks employee killed, air quality alerts remain in effect

A New York State parks employee died Saturday while battling a wildfire in Orange County, one of several blazes in the New York metro area to break out recently amid drought conditions.

CBS New York on MSN · 2d

Air quality alert issued in New York, New Jersey due to brush fire smoke

An air quality alert has been issued for New York City, the Hudson Valley and northern New Jersey through 12 a.m. Monday due to smoke from wildfires in the area.

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‘Smoky and hazy’, air quality concerns arise in NYC after wildfires

Wildfires across New Jersey have sent smoke across the Hudson to New York City, prompting health officials to issue an air quality health advisory. “Out of nowhere, for about two or three hours, it was so smoky and hazy,

WINS Radio New York on MSN · 2d

NJ, NY WILDFIRES: Crews struggle to contain blaze as windy conditions loom, NYS forest ranger, 18, killed, NYC air quality alert lifted

Fire crews battled a 3,000-acre wildfire along the New York-New Jersey border Monday that claimed the life of a parks employee and continued to burn despite overnight rain, officials said.

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NYS holds input session on planned High Falls state park

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — It’s a plan that’s been in the work in Rochester for years now: turning the High Falls river basin into a ...

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NYS Parks employee killed as wildfires burn in New Jersey, Tri-State

A New York State Parks employee was killed while working with firefighters battling a wildfire in Passaic County, where one ...

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'Climate change is real': New York parks employee killed as historic drought fuels blazes

MORRISTOWN, N.J. − A parks employee was killed battling blazes that stretched from New Jersey into New York over the weekend ...

New York State Parks Worker Dies While Fighting Wildfire

The employee, Dariel Vasquez, was killed while fighting a fire in Sterling Forest in Greenwood Lake, N.Y., the New York State ...

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Volunteer forest ranger, 18, dies responding to New York wildfire that sent smoky haze over NYC

An 18-year-old New York State Forest Ranger volunteer and state employee died Saturday while responding to a wildfire near ...

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Rockland community holds vigil for Spring Valley teen killed while battling wildfire

According to the New York State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Department ... Coworkers from the Garnerville ...

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Jennings Creek fire in NY remains uncontained, students head back to school. The latest

As efforts to battle a wildfire on the New Jersey/New York border continue, much of southern New York is now under a red flag warning, pointing to a heightened risk of additional fires. The Jennings ...

New York state parks worker dies responding to wildfire in Orange County

A state parks worker was killed Saturday while responding to a large wildfire in Orange County that originated across the ...

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NJ wildfire update: When will the fire threat end? Updates, forecast

Hundreds of first responders, including volunteers and NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Forest ... At least one ...

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Rockland community holds vigil for teen killed while battling wildfire

Dariel Vasquez, a 2024 graduate of Ramapo High and Rockland Senior Male Athlete of the year, was killed while battling a wildfire on the NY/NJ border.

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