"There aren't fire hydrants in the middle of a forest, so we had a draft from the Harlem River," Tucker said. “These are very treacherous conditions for our firefighters."Start the day smarter. Get ...

A massive brush fire exacerbated by the city’s ongoing drought destroyed about four acres of Manhattan’s Inwood Hill Park, FDNY officials said Thursday. The raging blaze, which began about 3 p.m.