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

Brush fire reaches three alarms in New York City, the New York City Fire Department reports that no one was injured (@MarkLevineNYC/X).

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. Wednesday, tore its way through about four acres of parkland near W. 218 St. as upper Manhattan was covered in thick grey smoke for most of the day.