The smell of acrid smoke spread throughout New York City on Saturday and persisted into the evening, after brush fires broke out on Friday in Brooklyn, the Bronx and nearby New Jersey. It was a surreal experience for a city that is rarely home to wildfires but is in the middle of a drought.

In an unusually dry season for the Northeast, fires were pushing potentially dangerous smoke into New York City.

A 2-acre brush fire broke out in Prospect Park on Friday night amid a lengthy drought and windy conditions that have led to red flag warnings for nearly the entire tri-state area.

About 100 firefighters were called to put out a two-acre brush fire in a heavily wooded section of Prospect Park in Brooklyn on Friday night, prompting officials to warn residents to stay away as they used drones to identify hot spots.

On Friday night, flames could be seen piercing through trees in the 526-acre New York City park in the middle of the borough.

The Cleveland Cavaliers staged a sensational second-half comeback to preserve their perfect start to the season with a 105-100 defeat of the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday.

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Now 4-5, the Brooklyn Nets look to hand the Cleveland Cavaliers, and former head coach Kenny Atkinson, their first loss of the 2024-25 campaign. After nearly kn