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NY Forest Ranger Dies Fighting Fires; Air Quality Warnings Are Issued in New York and New Jersey
Authorities are reporting the death of a New York forest ranger battling one of a number of wildfires in New Jersey and New York amid dry conditions that have prompted air quality warnings in both sta
18-year-old parks employee killed while battling New York wildfire
An 18-year-old New York state employee was killed Saturday while battling a wildfire in Orange County's Sterling Forest.
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Health advisories were issued for parts of New York and northeastern New Jersey due to unhealthy air quality from the smoke.
New York parks employee dies fighting fires as air quality warnings issued there and New Jersey
The Eastern Dutchess County Fire and Rescue said the New York state forestry service reported that the worker died when a tree fell on him Saturday.
Forest ranger dies fighting fires; air quality warnings are issued in NY, NJ
Fire crews on both coasts of the U.S. continued battling wildfires Sunday, including one in New York and New Jersey that killed a parks employee
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