Firefighters battled a two-alarm blaze in Prospect Park late Friday, as the city remains under a drought watch.
The New York City Fire Department received a call at around 6:40pm about a brush fire on Nov. 8, according to a FDNY spokesperson.
The winds were heavy when 25 units and over 100 fire and emergency personnel responded to the scene. Drones and brush fire equipment and units were used to put the two-acre fire under control at around 9:40pm, the spokesperson said.
The fire was in the central woodland area between Dog Beach and the Neathermead, the nonprofit group Prospect Park Alliance said on X.
One firefighter sustained a minor injury and was taken to a local hospital, according to the FDNY spokesperson.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the city is under a fire risk Red Flag Warning due to dry conditions and strong winds.
"We were lucky that a passerby who saw something, also did something," and called 911, the mayor said at a press briefing at Prospect Park late Friday.
Zach Iscol, commissioner of New York City Emergency Management, urged New Yorkers not to throw out cigarette butts on the ground and to not grill in the park.
"This is the new normal of extreme weather," he said.
