US EditionVolunteer forest ranger, 18, dies responding to New York wildfire that sent smoky haze over NYC
- An 18-year-old volunteer forest ranger named Dariel Vasquez died when a tree fell on him while fighting a wildfire along the New York-New Jersey border.
- Health advisories were issued for parts of New York and northeastern New Jersey due to unhealthy air quality from the smoke of the fires.
- The wildfire has consumed 2,500 acres and threatens 25 structures, impacting nearly 12 million people under a red flag warning.
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18-year-old volunteer parks employee dies while battling wildfire in upstate NY
An 18-year-old New York State Forest Ranger and state employee was killed on Saturday while battling a wildfire in Orange County’s Sterling Forest, near the New York-New Jersey border. According to state police, Dariel Vasquez, a Parks and Recreation aide employed by the New York State Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation Department, was helping mitigate the forest fire in Greenwood Lake (about 35 miles northwest of New York City.). wh…
New York Parks Employee Dies Fighting Wildfire When Tree Falls On Him On NY-NJ Border
A New York parks employee died battling one of a number of wildfires in New Jersey and New York amid dry conditions that have prompted air quality warnings in both states, authorities said Sunday. The worker died when a tree fell on him Saturday afternoon as he battled a major brush fire along the New York-New Jersey border, according to reports from the Eastern Dutchess County Fire and Rescue and the New York state forestry services. “Rip broth…
A young employee, aged 18, lost his life on Saturday fighting the flames that hit New York State Parks.
NY Parks Employee Dies Fighting Wildfires; Air Quality Warnings Issued in New York, New Jersey
POMPTON LAKES, N.J.—A New York parks employee died battling one of a number of wildfires in New Jersey and New York amid dry conditions that have prompted air quality warnings in both states, authorities said Sunday. The worker died when a tree fell on him Saturday afternoon as he battled a major brush fire along the New York-New Jersey border, according to reports from the Eastern Dutchess County Fire and Rescue and the New York state forestry …
NY parks worker, 18, dies fighting fires; air quality warnings are issued in New York and New Jersey
A New York parks employee died battling one of a number of wildfires in New Jersey and New York amid dry conditions that have prompted air quality warnings in both states, authorities said Sunday.
Dry weather prompted air quality advisories in both New Jersey and New York, and a New York parks employee was killed while battling a wildfire, authorities said Sunday.
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