HUDSON VALLEY – Despite some isolated rainfall in the region, brush fires continue to be a major problem.
On Saturday afternoon, a firefighter was reported to be unconscious at the scene of a brush fire at exit 18 north on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Fort Montgomery.
Emergency services personnel were called to the scene.
The condition of the firefighter was not immediately known.
Also in the afternoon, a two-alarm brush fire was reported at 12 Birch Street in Wurtsboro. More than 20 acres were reported on fire.
Mutual aid fire departments from Ulster and Orange counties were called in to assist Wurtsboro.
In Putnam County, a large brush fire was reported in Patterson at Commerce Drive near Fair Street.
