The record-breaking statistics come as several Northeast states battle extremely dry conditions and multiple wildfires.

The New York City fire department has responded to 229 brush fires from October 29 to Nov. 12, a record for any two-week period.

QUEENS - The FDNY is battling a fire that broke out on top of a building in Queens. The fire broke out just before 12 p.m. on ...

New York City has had over 230 brush fires since Oct. 29, after its driest month since record-keeping began in 1869.

In the past few weeks, the FDNY says they have responded to at least 229 fires citywide. According to officials, at least 67 ...

NYC firefighters battle wildfires in Manhattan's Inwood Park and Queens' Alley Pond Park due to dry conditions.

New York City’s ongoing drought has sparked a record 215 brush fires in just the past two weeks, FDNY officials said ...

A massive brush fire exacerbated by the city’s ongoing drought destroyed about four acres of Manhattan’s Inwood Hill Park, ...

The FDNY has contained a wildfire that ravaged a section of Inwood Hill Park in upper Manhattan on Wednesday. Firefighters ...

The fire ignited and spread rapidly across a large area of brush inside the park on Wednesday, and another fire in the park ...

The Red Flag Warning in effect for Long Island and much of downstate New York was lifted Thursday but the National Weather ...

The FDNY has responded to 229 brush fires in the city in the last two weeks, the highest ever in a two-week period. Overnight ...