New York State Parks Worker Dies While Fighting Wildfire | Air Quality Warnings Issued in NY | N18G

New York State Parks Worker Dies While Fighting Wildfire | Air Quality Warnings Issued in NY | N18GOfficials said an 18-year-old employee of the New York State parks system died on Saturday while battling a wildfire in Orange County, one of several blazes in the New York metro area to break out recently amid drought conditions.The employee, Dariel Vasquez, was killed while fighting a fire in Sterling Forest in Greenwood Lake, N.Y., the New York State Police said in a statement late Saturday.Steve Neuhaus, the Orange County executive, said that Mr. Vasquez was helping to clear trees and shrubs, which are fuel for a fire, from a wooded area when a tree fell and hit him.Show more