NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — The FDNY continue battling a large brush fire at an Inwood Park Thursday morning, according to fire officials.
"We've been here about four hours fighting a third alarm brush fire. These are very treacherous conditions for our firefighters tonight. We'll be here all night and into tomorrow morning," Fire Commissioner Robert Tucker said.
Firefighters were called to Inwood Hill Park at around 2 p.m. on Wednesday and were able to contain part of the flames a few hours later. Another portion reignited at the park around 2 a.m. Thursday, officials said.
About 140 firefighters and EMS personnel responded to the scene that were in areas that were difficult to get to for firefighters, FDNY officials said.
"We have a very, very large, extensive brush fire, approximately 400 by 400. We had many challenges here due to the terrain, the elevation, and we had water issues as well. There aren't fire hydrants in the middle of a forest, so we had a draft from the Harlem River," Chief of Fire Operations Kevin Woods said.
"We had to stretch hose lines approximately 150 feet or more up a hill to extinguish multiple fires. We had multiple trees that collapsed and this operation was extremely dangerous for our members. We used our drones to enhance the safety and identify the hot spots with the drones," he added.
Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine posted video of the blaze on X.
There were no injuries reported.