Rebecca Cohen is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.
A brush fire broke out Friday night in Prospect Park, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, amid a drought that has been plaguing the northeastern U.S. for weeks. The New York City Fire Department posted about the fire on X at around 8 p.m. and said 'operations are ongoing.' Shortly after, it said units were using drone technology to find hot spots. It was not immediately clear what sparked the fire. NBC New York reported there were no injures.
The FDNY said Friday that New York City was under a drought watch “due to a historic lack of rainfall.” October was one of the driest months on record in the U.S., particularly in the Northeast, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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