Firefighters responded to a brush fire in Brooklyn's Prospect Park on Friday evening.
NEW YORK — Firefighters responded to a brush fire in Brooklyn's Prospect Park on Friday evening.According to fire officials, a passerby who was walking through the park just before 7 p.m. Friday called 911 to report smoke.By 8 p.m., the
Brooklyn Borough Commander Joe Duggan said the fire was in an 'extremely inaccessible,' hilly area with dense brush.It took about 120 firefighters to get the fire under control, Commissioner Robert Tucker said.It is unclear how the fire started.'Daylight will help us figure out the cause and origin of this fire,' Tucker said.
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