Calling for help with brush fires
Calling for help with brush fires

Calling for help with brush fires

We usually see them out west, but several parts of the tristate area battled a series of wildfires. Just recently, New York City faced its first drought warning in more than two decades. A statewide burn ban will also be in effect until Nov. 30. Brush fires ripped through some of the city?s major parks like Prospect, Van Courtlandt, and Inwood Hill. An 18-year-old parks department employee tragically died in the Orange County fire. All of this led to the FDNY launching its first ever Brush Fire Task Force. FOX 5 NY?s Michelle Ross explains Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is now calling on Washington to step up.

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